Guest Anonymous Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 On my new MZ-N707 the AVLS doesn't seem to balance out the highs and lows like I'm used to on my older model MZS-R4ST. What I mean is that listening to Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, where I mean there are some real soft like places that suddenly go for broke with a shit load of brass chorus that he liked so much, on my older model, the softs were it seemed brought up and the highs brought down. This is one of the features I like about MD, as opposed to listening to CD with ear buds, where the softs are too soft and the highs too high all the time... Now on the Net MD, there just seems to be a restriction on how loud I can turn it up. If I turn it up too load, the AVLS sign blinks, but that's about it... By the way, I went out and got the cheapee MDR E818LP Turbo Circuit buds, to upgrade from the MDR E808's that came with the MS-N707, and I'm glad I did. Real pleased with sound of these earplugs. fliptop in Taipei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 There should be an option in the units menu for turning off AVLS... Or don't you want to? I'm confused.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 I want the AVLS, but when I turn it on, it seems to just have the function of not allowing me to turn the volume past a certain limit. ANother quesiton I have is is the default AVLS, in other word do you have to turn it off? I want the AVLS to smooth out the highs and lows in the volume, make the soft parts louder and the loud parts softer, something I think the older models did. With the MZ-N707 it doesn't even seem to automatically change the levels when the music is playing, just serves to limit how high you can turn up the volume with the pots. I'm wondering if anyone knows if Sony changed the AVLS, or just exactly how AVLS works.... fliptop in Taiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 AVLS stands for Automatic Volume Limiting System. And it appears thats just what it does.. Doesn't the N707 have an EQ you can adjust to get the same effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Ok, here's my take on it. From looking at alt.audio.minidisc I gather all AVLS does is limit the volume, yes, that just means how high you can turn up the volume control. I think my new MDR E818LP ear buds, with their 16 ohms resistance, are allowing me to turn up the music way louder than I have been with my MDR 013 over the ears, which I think have higher resistance... I think AVLS is the same on the MZ-N707 as it is on older models. By the way, I always max out the equilizer, both treble and bass... Does anyone has any info on AVLS, that it works contrary to what I think. I mean, why would Sony say it was proprietary is all it does is limit how high you can turn up the music? flip in Taipei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Sony does a lot of weird things I guess AVLS doing weird things to the music was a bug that sony fixed. Auto gain control does that sort of thing, come to think about it.. In fact, are you confusing auto gain control with AVLS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 AVLS limits the output level to the headphone jack. The actual level you will be determined by the properties of your headphones - the unit can't tell whether you've got good or crappy phones. To turn AVLS off, press menu, scroll to AVLS, press enter, scroll to off and press enter again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted December 8, 2002 Report Share Posted December 8, 2002 The reason your older sony sounds different than your newer one is the change in codecs. Your MZ-N707 uses ATRAC Type R, which I think sounds better. Your older model uses ATRAC 3.5. Now differences in recording quality are somewhat subjective, although I doubt many people would say that atrac 3.5 sounds better than type r. AVLS does nothing more than limit how loud you can crank the volume and has nothing to do with sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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