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This is a question I have asked all of my friends, family, acquaintances, and others who were interested: "Is it enough to make 'Volume 10' louder, or do we need a 'Volume 11'?" on stereo systems, handhelds, etc.

The responses I've recieved run the gammut from an emphatic "yes" to a belligerent "no", and the opinions overall are split 50/50.

I've always argued for a "Volume 11" for sheer awesomeness, but it does not stop me from asking others their opinions.

So, I ask you, NS General: All things equal, would you make "Volume 10" louder, or would you make a "Volume 11"?

Yes there are only two options. Yes, I just want you're gut opinion. No, there is no "gray area". No, I will not EVER make a "Myrth" option.

Spinaltap should have bumped up to 12. Wussy brits.

None of my audio type stuff has such rough increments - they all have far more than "10".

Make Volume 10 louder and then add a Volume 11.

Make Volume 10 louder and then add a Volume 11.

Uuuughh...I knew that was going to happen...

Change to an expodential volume system, make 10 like warp factor 10 in Star Trek. :p

Uuuughh...I knew that was going to happen...

I just don't feel that Volume 11 would be loud enough if it was only a step above the current Volume 10.

I prefer Volume 11 to Volume 10 made as loud as Volume 11 would be as it provides you more increments to fine tune the loudness to your needs.

Really, i don't know what you're talking about. but I suppose making a louder 10 would suffice.

I actually never really find myself turning my music up past mid-volume, but then Elton John and Celene Dion aren't exactly the kind of artists whose music you do that with.

Or we could change the volumes to measurings on the Richter scale. Listening to rock music at 11 would be a Earth-shattering experience. *lame joke drumroll*

Gotta go with eleven. :p I wonder if any actual commercial amps go to eleven.

None of my audio type stuff has such rough increments - they all have far more than "10".

iSecond that. My portable MP3 goes till twenty, and my stereo till forty.

But that nonwithstanding, I'd vote for an "11", because I'd want to keep my array of more quiet "steps" at the current number/amount, and not have everything raised a bit like you seem to propose when you say "make a louder 10".

iSecond that. My portable MP3 goes till twenty, and my stereo till forty.

But that nonwithstanding, I'd vote for an "11", because I'd want to keep my array of more quiet "steps" at the current number/amount, and not have everything raised a bit like you seem to propose when you say "make a louder 10".
Indeed. If you make a louder 10, then assuming 0 is still silence, you have less control over the exact volume of what you're listening to, because of the necessarily larger increments between each step.

11 FTW!

Indeed. If you make a louder 10, then assuming 0 is still silence, you have less control over the exact volume of what you're listening to, because of the necessarily larger increments between each step.

11 FTW!

Thanks for squashing my doubts about whether I'd have been able to convey the meaning of what I wanted to say. In other words, I thought nobody'd get what I meant. Yay.

Or we could change the volumes to measurings on the Richter scale. Listening to rock music at 11 would be a Earth-shattering experience. *lame joke drumroll*

Disaster Area :)