Loudness compensation

Loudness compensation

Loudness compensation is a setting found on some hi-fi equipment and equalisers that boosts high and low frequencies. [cite web
url = http://stereos.about.com/od/advancedstereotopics/a/dynamicEQ.htm
title = Audyssey Laboratories' Dynamic EQ
accessdate = 2008-05-10
publisher = About.com - Stereos
] This can be used to compensate for the fact that as the volume of audio decreases, the ear's perception of the extreme high and low frequencies decreases. [cite web
url = http://members.aol.com/sbench/freqres3.html
title = Pole Zero Analysis - Part 3 : Loudness Compensation
accessdate = 2008-05-10
]

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