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    Posted: 07 Jul 2022 at 6:50pm
Originally posted by Lucabeer Lucabeer wrote:



Yes, I like it loud! Tongue
I like it loud. But I do find a difference between CD & vinyl, If I'm playing a record & then move to CDs I'll turn the volume down. This is more to do with the sound of a CD (for wont of a better way of saying it) It's more clinical or cold. I did read about one manufacturer (they make turntables) that wouldn't make their first CD player until they could make it sound more like a vinyl record. 
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With the Denon AH-D7000 (low impedance) and the ULDE, I usually play at these levels:

- 10-11 for modern "loud" CDs (player: OPPO BD105D, which has a high 2V output)
- 12-13 for older "quieter" CDs (same player)
- 14-15 for vinyl with high output MM (Ortofon 2M Bronze or AT 440MLa)
- 15-16 for vinyl with lower output MM (Grado Gold or Nagaoka MP500), especially with LPs that are mastered "quiet", and with really quiet ones I have sometimes gone to 17 too!

Yes, I like it loud! Tongue


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It's nice not to have to wear anything on the head or be attached to your equipment by a cable sometimes. Headphones are great but capable speakers are liberating.
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I agree about the volume control and find 12 o'clock is quite loud on most of my headphones. Good point about records late at night. After 10pm I generally prefer listening on speakers with the volume lower.

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Originally posted by Nunnother Nunnother wrote:

  I don't generally listen to vinyl on headphones, not sure why?

Interesting that, I do the same but I know why, most of the time I listen at night or evenings with headphones on (the danger of falling to sleep). The only other time I put headphones on is when I'm trying hard to listen to music and don't wont to be distracted, By the way I have HD600s 2019 and the volume between 9 & 12 on my Solo.
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I have 600 ohm DT 880 Edition and 400 ohm DT 100 headphones.  Through my Marantz ND8006 (mostly FLAC files over CD) the volume required for both headphones ranges between 9 and 12 o'clock, depending on the recording.  I don't generally listen to vinyl on headphones, not sure why?
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Trialling the ULDE at the moment through the loan programme ( currently listening to Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer as I type!) with Beyerdynamic DT 880 edition ‘phones, 600 ohm. Volume control set at between 9 and 11 o’clock seems to work for vinyl and cd inputs.
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