Oh it definitely will seem louder and turning H/As down is a natural reaction to it. But if you were to get a sound level monitor, it would peak at the same level.
Think of it like this: if normal sounds are on a scale of 0-100 with 100 being the loudest, literally turning the volume up would give a scale of 0-150 (or more often 50-150), whereas a compression algorithm would squeeze the input into a range of 50-100 - the loudest sounds are still just as a loud and a sound level monitor would peak at the same level, but the sounds that are usually quiet are much more noticeable.
"So you are telling me that this was a COMPLETE waste of taxpayer money? Nice."
Pretty much, but that's true of most regulation ;)
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Date: 27/12/10 23:07 (UTC)Think of it like this: if normal sounds are on a scale of 0-100 with 100 being the loudest, literally turning the volume up would give a scale of 0-150 (or more often 50-150), whereas a compression algorithm would squeeze the input into a range of 50-100 - the loudest sounds are still just as a loud and a sound level monitor would peak at the same level, but the sounds that are usually quiet are much more noticeable.
"So you are telling me that this was a COMPLETE waste of taxpayer money? Nice."
Pretty much, but that's true of most regulation ;)