headfry
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Hello, I am a proud low-volume listener, and am creating a thread
for sharing this enthusiasm!
Preserving one’s hearing is a key reason to do this,
and that equipment is readily available to give full scale enjoyment at ear-preserving
low volumes! Decades ago the only way to begin feeling a hint of the musical impact it
was usually required to "blast it", however there is a much better and more affordable gear
available today, some of which can give full musical enjoyment even at very low volumes!
Proper equipment choices, synergy, tweaking can also come into play (e.g. I use a bit of
low bass eq and AQ JB, both of which help IMHO).
If you’re interested in pursuing LVL (low volume listening) - which is a personal choice,
one can put together a playback system that can do the above to one’s total satisfaction,
and even at affordable price points.
Key are the transducers, and for me Grado’s are generally amazing for low volume listening -
(and I would argue that Grado’s are indeed designed to sound their very best at very low to medium volumes -
not at the customary high volumes that many listen to).
Also the Mojo is fantastic at low volumes as well, so my chain of phone or laptop, AQ Jitterbug,
stock cable - Mojo - Grado SR225e’s or GS1000i or Shure SE535 works really well for my needs!
Not all gear works equally for full listening enjoyment at low volumes, so I’m looking forward
to other contributors sharing information about your low-volume listening gear!
for sharing this enthusiasm!
Preserving one’s hearing is a key reason to do this,
and that equipment is readily available to give full scale enjoyment at ear-preserving
low volumes! Decades ago the only way to begin feeling a hint of the musical impact it
was usually required to "blast it", however there is a much better and more affordable gear
available today, some of which can give full musical enjoyment even at very low volumes!
Proper equipment choices, synergy, tweaking can also come into play (e.g. I use a bit of
low bass eq and AQ JB, both of which help IMHO).
If you’re interested in pursuing LVL (low volume listening) - which is a personal choice,
one can put together a playback system that can do the above to one’s total satisfaction,
and even at affordable price points.
Key are the transducers, and for me Grado’s are generally amazing for low volume listening -
(and I would argue that Grado’s are indeed designed to sound their very best at very low to medium volumes -
not at the customary high volumes that many listen to).
Also the Mojo is fantastic at low volumes as well, so my chain of phone or laptop, AQ Jitterbug,
stock cable - Mojo - Grado SR225e’s or GS1000i or Shure SE535 works really well for my needs!
Not all gear works equally for full listening enjoyment at low volumes, so I’m looking forward
to other contributors sharing information about your low-volume listening gear!
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) and overall attention to health is helpful, not surprisingly. Although a skeptic by nature, I also find meditation is very constructive in that one can "train the mind" to not focus unduly on the tinnitus: acknowledge it's presence but not fixate nor be distracted by it to the detriment of music enjoyment. I use headspace.com. YYMV of course.