Hey KS, my receiver has a "Loudnesss" knob. IF you turn it all the way up, you can turn the actual volume down lower and you don't "Loose" anything in the music. You know how you loose something when you normally turn the volume down. From my lame explanation can you tell me what it is doing to make it sound so much better at a lower volume? All I know is that it DOES sound better with the loudness turned up and the actual volume knob in a more comfortable listening level.