Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?


I listen to music at all times of the day and night (solid sleep eludes me the older I get).  My favorite times are when the family is gone and I can select the listening level, mostly moderate to higher volumes.  But the simply fact is I find myself listen at lower levels much more often then my preferred listening mode.

Piggybacking on a discussion regarding low level listening here on Audiogon, I'm posing the question:  Why has the majority of industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer?

I look forward to your input
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Showing 1 response by mlsstl

As others have noted, loudness controls (and tone controls) are out of fashion.

So, remember - loudness / tone controls = bad

All other manner of changing the audio quality of your system -- speaker wires, cables, etc.  = good.