Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Why do you think these volumes are recommended?  If they were only "recommendations", it would not be necessary for me to spend so much time and energy figuring them out to that level of specificity.  These are not recommendations.  That is the volume at which they should be used.

If you cannot be around to adjust the volume, then use one while you're awake, and play the other after you adjust the volume while you're sleeping.  They don't necessarily need to be played back to back.

Because it's the most imprecise and ambiguous instructions you provide.
I recently upgraded from iPhone 12 Pro Max to 16 PM, and I can tell you the speaker quality and volume is not the same. I don't even think the speakers in regular 16 model and pro max sound the same, with the same volume.
And that's talking just about Apple. You provide a volume for "Android". I'm an engineer and I can tell you that is like a joke. I can tell you the speakers quality and volume in a top-tier Samsung Galaxy android has nothing to do with a low-cost Chinese android phone. And you provide the same volume for both. The hardware for android phones can be totally different.
So yes.... I think it's useful and a guide, but it's not "the bible".

Alright, I see an opportunity here.  I'm trying to get the most precise variable to be this.  I have found it almost impossible to achieve a correct communication of what the best volume is.  Can you show me how to do that better and more accurately?  I was attempting to use Db but that is different depending on where the microphone speaker combination is on the phone.  What do I do to accurately and consistently communicate a specific volume that works for everyone on every device with all the different possible numbers of volume adjustment layers?