Jeff, have you seen Mary? She's not the Mary you've seen on album covers! Time has not been kind to her.

Are you missing something regarding the "loudness compensation" feature? Concerts such as this DVD would not be played low, but the Nora Jones CD would not be played at ear ringing levels. The "loudness" feature was intended for music playback when the listener chose a lower volume setting to compensate for the human ears' listening curve, not to be used for DVD sound tracks. Notice that Dolby offers you the compression features for its DVD soundtracks, why bother if everyone is playing it at high volume levels? If Dolby Labs understands this need, then why have preamp manufactures left out the the "loudness" feature for non-Dolby sources?