See these vendors miss the point. Do we really want a system that can play loud? Of course not. So why do they try to tempt us with alot of loud noise? Makes no sense to me. Just put the volume at 1/4 and let the sytem sell itself. I image they try to overwhelm our hearing to numb it, and so we really think we are getting a great speaker/system. Makes no sense to me. I have a gigantic room and a 20 watt tube amp and only play it at 1/4 volume, maybe a tad more. Never at 12 oclock. I've never understood the theory or concept of loud music. At a show its a frickin turnoff and one should run past those rooms that do so.
Volume and Bass levels at LA HE Show
This was the first show I've attended and I was surprised to find that SPL levels were cranked up in so many rooms and that bass was so often overblown. While the Vandy 5a wasn't up yet (I was in and out early Friday) even the room equalized Quatro sounded bass heavy to me. I was wondering:
A) If my impressions were generally shared
and
B) If so, why don't the demos ease back on the volume knob?
BTW - I was pretty close to buying a pair of Quatro Woods and am now reconsidering,
A) If my impressions were generally shared
and
B) If so, why don't the demos ease back on the volume knob?
BTW - I was pretty close to buying a pair of Quatro Woods and am now reconsidering,