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What is the ideal volume setting?

As every CD seems vary in terms of maximum and minimum loudness, I find that I have to play a good ways into a disc before I find the ideal volume dial setting to get the most out of the music. This is very disconcerting as I usually have to start the disc all over after I find the best setting.  I wonder if anyone else experiences this.
I listen mostly to classical.  I don’t know if the same applies to other types of music. 
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rvpiano OP
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You’re so right, lowrider57.
The worst part is by the time you’ve found the best setting you’re sometimes in the middle of the piece, so it’s best to start over to get the proper continuity.
And Since I have a vintage preamp, I don’t use a remote control.  
It’s good exercise though!
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That’s an idea.
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Amen to that!
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I find there is an ideal volume level where everything sounds as it does in a concert hall.  Every classical recording is different in that regard.
it isn’t so much that I can’t hear detail at a lower setting. I can.
There’s just an optimum level where everything sounds “right.”
I have modified Dalquist DQ 20 speakers, NuForce monoblock amplifiers, along with a CJ preamp.
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You raise some very good points.
Bottom line, I still have to adjust.
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