Perceived Loudness Advantage
Most of today’s consumer electronics products – from telephone handsets and portable media devices to PCs, television sets, and other home audio systems such as docking stations – all deliver an audio experience through small, low cost speakers. These speakers produce relatively low volume levels and achieve a limited or non-existent bass response in the frequency range below 200 Hz. Coupled with the distortion caused by digitized, compressed audio, the result is washed out solo instruments, lost vocals, and muddy articulation of movie dialog. The sound does not convey the emotion of a plucked bass string or the impact of a movie explosion.
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