> Jorma Pennanen wrote: > > > >Just a personal opinion but resist the urge to up the volume. Those > >peaks and valleys are the lifeline of music. Most CD's today are a > >pile of lifeless shite :-( > >Volume dial on the amplifier should be used for volume :-) > >OK...rant over :-) > > Jorma, > > If you've pulled any tracks off CD's over the past 5 years you > may have seen heavy and sustained peaks flatlined off the top of > the DB scale. Unbelievable how they trash the audio to get sound > as loud as possible. > > HW Well, IMHO the volume and distortion levels are there to mask the lack of any musicality. The equipment and software is there to make things sound absolutely fantastic, if there is a desire and the talent to do so. Cheers