hi, I definitely do not think the receiver is compressing anything. I listen to HD FM Jazz station and the range from soft to loud is fine. the CD player is a Sony CDP ox 2605 from the 1970's. So I think the output on it is low from what they did at that time. It's not a problem it was just noticeable when i first changed the inputs, I knew the player was playing as the timer was working. So I just went thru the inputs and put the volume up at each one till I heard something. As I posted before I am thinking about the Emotiva EMC-4 I think the latest one. But it is a single play and I like the 200 CDs I have in the Sony, I could listen for hours. Regards Pat O.
