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I hit "the pocket" again today on this volume thing. Recording is a big band
in a decent rehearsal room. Played too low, it seems too brash, noisy,
screechy, however you want to describe it. Bring it up to "just right" live
levels and all of the mid and lower freqs seem to fill in, like turning up
the color control on a black & white image. The individual instruemnts sound
more like themselves - horns especially - and the ensemble is no longer
harsh but very realistic. I just want to hear more and more.

If you have experienced those days when your system just wasn't "making it"
for you, you didn't want to hear more, just turn it off and get the wine,
then this may be a clue. We are all reticent to turn it up because of
neighbors or wives and family sensitivity, but this may be a lot more than a
social matter. It may be a fidelity matter in a more important way than
previously thought.

Gary Eickmeier