Reduced dynamic range forces nonlinear amplification to avoid over-amplifying loud sounds

Evidence

This is wrong. It is also wrong to think that a simple variable bass boost can compensate for all components in a program that has dynamic range; loud portions need only slight bass boost, while quieter portions will need much more boosting. If the loudness compensation addresses the low-level portions, the high-level portions will have greatly excessive bass and so on. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 334 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Human hearing’s 120-dB dynamic range exceeds man-made device capabilities; Output-dependent inhibition creates amplificatory feedback that sharpens binaural asymmetries; Loudness recruitment shrinks dynamic range while preserving overall loudness (+4 more)

Related

• Simple loudness-compensation bass boosts cannot work for dynamic-range music (similarity 0.90)
• No single loudness compensation curve can serve music with dynamic range (similarity 0.89)
• Human hearing’s 120-dB dynamic range exceeds man-made device capabilities (similarity 0.84)
• Mixdown at loud levels makes tracks need bass boost at quiet levels (similarity 0.84)
• Reduced dynamic range makes linear hearing aid amplification unsafe (similarity 0.83)
• Flat-gain amplification fails for frequency-dependent hearing losses (similarity 0.83)
• Loudness compensation reduces effectively to a bass tone control (similarity 0.81)
• The ear’s sound-level-dependent nonlinearities cannot be substituted or corrected for (similarity 0.81)
• Ear sensitivity variation cannot be fixed with simple treble and bass boost (similarity 0.80)
• Treble boost in loudness controls damages sound quality unnecessarily (similarity 0.80)
• Wide dynamic range compression typifies all nonlinear hearing aid amplification (similarity 0.80)
• Playback in noisy environments is shrinking audio dynamic range. (similarity 0.80)
• The full loudness range squeezes into a smaller dynamic range for impaired listeners. (similarity 0.79)
• Woofer excursion limits constrain dynamic range more than tweeter capabilities do (similarity 0.78)
• Consumers prefer boosted bass, a forgivable audible sin (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Loudness recruitment shrinks dynamic range while preserving overall loudness #corroborates (0.95)
• Simple loudness-compensation bass boosts cannot work for dynamic-range music #qualifies (0.78) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 334
• Wide dynamic range compression typifies all nonlinear hearing aid amplification #qualifies (0.72)