[---MIKE---]

Norman wrote:

You have it backwards. You need
compression when the background
noise is high--not low. * Low
background noise should make it
EASIER to hear the soft parts.

You don't understand. If I turn the volume up so I can hear the soft
parts, the loud parts are much too loud. An example is the opening of
the Beethoven 4th symphony with Vanska (SACD). This is happening even
though the background noise IS low. This particular SACD has too much
dynamic range.

---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')