Yes, Charles; as Dean asks, what is causing a high noise floor in your room? I haven't done anything unusual here, but I estimate a floor of about 40dB and can hear musical content below 50dB quite clearly during low level passages. So, I have no problem using levels varying from roughly 45dB to 105dB on the most dynamic recordings, which cause neither hearing nor power problems.

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