Now that I think about it, I really can't come up with any scenarios where ramping would be a bad thing. Anybody else have any thoughts on this?

Here's one scenario that sounds far-fetched, but in my case (probably nbobody else's!) is sufficient that I was very happy to now have the option in emplode to disable ramp-up entirely. (At least, I was told I could do that, haven't actually tried it yet...)

I get some unsuspecting victim in my totally stock appearing Taurus station wagon for a stereo demonstration -- no speakers visible, just the empeg sitting in the dash the only indication that there is anything in the car capable of making music. My demonstration playlist starts out with "Tom Sawyer" by Rush, with that incredible percussive crash at the beginning of the track. Ramping up to that completely negates the impact of the opening. Without ramping, my "victim" immediately starts looking around trying to figure out just where all that sound is coming from.

I know... it doesn't take much to entertain me, does it? :-)

tanstaafl.

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