Why not give finer level of control?

Also a bit unrelated, but the lowest volume earphone output on many devices I had was just too damn loud. My current phone included, at least I can fix it with the music player’s EQ.

Edit: Probably shouldn’t have used “and/or” in this case, but just “or”. Oh well…

Edit 2: Fixed. Hopefully the new image gets loaded too.

  • astrsk@fedia.io
    29·
    17 hours ago

    Just got a new car and the sound system volumes are really confusing.

    5 is for very quiet listening when you still want to hear vehicle and outside sounds while windows and roof are closed.

    8 is loud enough to make you miss outside and some vehicle sounds but you can still talk to people in the vehicle albeit kinda louder than casual conversation.

    10 is not different enough from 8 unless it’s a quieter song that needs the bump up.

    12 is loud enough to get listening fatigue on long drives and drown out most vehicle sounds. Yelling required to talk to passengers.

    15 is noticeably distorted and gets dangerous for more than a few minutes.

    20 is blown out and not recommended ever.

    The maximum volume of the system is 99.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
      2·
      14 hours ago

      This. I always go to primes first, then adjust from there if necessary.

      5 is the lowest I can go on my TV and still hear when I’m directly in front of it.

      7 is okay, 11 is better

      13 is when i start hearing more subtle details

      17 is just about right for watching a Christopher Nolan movie at night without disturbing the neighbors

      19 when the movie has a lot of low talking

      23 when the neighbors are playing their music

      29 when the lawn people are mowing outside

      31 if they’re blowing leaves as well

      47 if I want to hear the dialogue in a Christopher Nolan movie

  • greenskye@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    17 hours ago

    For me there’s a significant volume difference between 7-8. 7 is too soft and 8 is too loud. The difference between those two also sounds greater than 6-7, like it’s missing a step or something and is doing two at once.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Why not give finer level of control?

    Because on a scale of 1 to 100, it usually takes me a few tries to get 50 rather than 49 or 51.