Cakyol, thanks!
Can't believe no one else mentioned that.
The human ear simply does not hear higher and lower frequencies as well as the mid range at lower volumes.
A speaker would have to be far from flat to sound great at low volumes and would sound awful at higher volumes because of abnormally loud lower and higher frequencies.
Loudness controls addressed that limitation.
My Parasound has bass, treble and sub level controls on the remote, so I can adjust the levels accordingly when listening at low volumes. It also has a "flat" button....that returns bass & Treble to the proper, flat levels with a single push, when it's time to turn the volume back up. I know, many goners are rolling their eyes at such a feature, but it serves my purposes well.
Can't believe no one else mentioned that.
The human ear simply does not hear higher and lower frequencies as well as the mid range at lower volumes.
A speaker would have to be far from flat to sound great at low volumes and would sound awful at higher volumes because of abnormally loud lower and higher frequencies.
Loudness controls addressed that limitation.
My Parasound has bass, treble and sub level controls on the remote, so I can adjust the levels accordingly when listening at low volumes. It also has a "flat" button....that returns bass & Treble to the proper, flat levels with a single push, when it's time to turn the volume back up. I know, many goners are rolling their eyes at such a feature, but it serves my purposes well.