Question
Play I stereo pair does not go low enough - Parallel Universes proved?
Since this keeps going around, I did a good test today for the 1 pair that sits on my desktop, from the desktop which is about as close as anyone would get to their units. I started the play of a well mastered album that delivers good sound levels - Buddy Guy/Living Proof. I moved the volume slider on the mac controller all the way to the left till the green light came on at the top of the units and started tapping to the right of the button, with each tap seeing a small movement of the slider to the right. It took me 3 taps to hear something, 4 to know it is music, and 5-6 to recognise the music.
I then repeated the same experiment, using the + button on the play units themselves. Essentially, the same result again, using taps and not presses - the latter result in rapid volume level increase. If I had to pick, I would say that the second results were very slightly louder than the first. Only if I had to pick.
So, why do so many complain that just one tap from mute using either route makes their 1 pair go too loud to be borne while going to sleep? And for music that arguably is quieter than Buddy shouting out the blues? I have heard claims that volume rises to 20% of max. By the way, Sonos claims that each tap of the kind I describe is 1 in 100 equal steps where the app is concerned, I don't know the claim for the hard button taps. I haven't counted if it takes 100 to get fully to the right, that isn't the point - I can accept the Sonos claim as correct as far as it matters without that effort.
I usually accept the sneering audiophile dismissal of my hearing as defective, but I am pretty sure that this isn't at play here. I don't need hearing aids and can hold normal conversations with everyone I meet.
So, do all those that have a complaint on this count have defective units? I know mine isn't a special one, because there are a few others like me here. Or are we living in parallel universes?
I then repeated the same experiment, using the + button on the play units themselves. Essentially, the same result again, using taps and not presses - the latter result in rapid volume level increase. If I had to pick, I would say that the second results were very slightly louder than the first. Only if I had to pick.
So, why do so many complain that just one tap from mute using either route makes their 1 pair go too loud to be borne while going to sleep? And for music that arguably is quieter than Buddy shouting out the blues? I have heard claims that volume rises to 20% of max. By the way, Sonos claims that each tap of the kind I describe is 1 in 100 equal steps where the app is concerned, I don't know the claim for the hard button taps. I haven't counted if it takes 100 to get fully to the right, that isn't the point - I can accept the Sonos claim as correct as far as it matters without that effort.
I usually accept the sneering audiophile dismissal of my hearing as defective, but I am pretty sure that this isn't at play here. I don't need hearing aids and can hold normal conversations with everyone I meet.
So, do all those that have a complaint on this count have defective units? I know mine isn't a special one, because there are a few others like me here. Or are we living in parallel universes?