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On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:30:39 -0800, MIKE--- wrote
(in article ):

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.

OK, Mike, what do you do in a concert hall when this occurs? You certainly
can't compress or gain-ride the orchestra in that situation. What I believe
that you need to do is to get a feel for how loud those soft passages
actually are under real concert situations and duplicate that at home. I have
the same situation that you do. If I'm listening to a classical piece on CD
(or SACD for that matter), there are going to be soft passages. Well, they
are supposed to be soft, sometimes almost subliminal. If you set the volume
(assuming a quiet room, of course) properly, the loudest passages shouldn't
be too loud. I certainly don't find it so and I live in a duplex.