Volume-dependent Loudness Compensation

[aeroshin]

Hi WiiM team,

I’d like to request a volume-dependent loudness compensation feature (dynamic EQ linked to volume).

At lower listening levels human hearing loses sensitivity to bass and some highs. A loudness mode that automatically boosts low (and slightly high) frequencies as volume decreases — and returns to neutral at higher volumes — would keep the tonal balance natural without manual EQ adjustments.

Suggested basics:

• On/Off toggle in the app
• Adjustable strength (Gentle / Medium / Strong or slider)
• Neutral EQ at high volume, increasing compensation as volume goes down
• Works alongside user EQ, with safe limits to avoid clipping

This would greatly improve low-volume listening, especially with bookshelf speakers, TVs, and late-night use.

Thanks for considering!

 

[slartibartfast]

Hi WiiM team,

I’d like to request a volume-dependent loudness compensation feature (dynamic EQ linked to volume).

At lower listening levels human hearing loses sensitivity to bass and some highs. A loudness mode that automatically boosts low (and slightly high) frequencies as volume decreases — and returns to neutral at higher volumes — would keep the tonal balance natural without manual EQ adjustments.

Suggested basics:

• On/Off toggle in the app
• Adjustable strength (Gentle / Medium / Strong or slider)
• Neutral EQ at high volume, increasing compensation as volume goes down
• Works alongside user EQ, with safe limits to avoid clipping

This would greatly improve low-volume listening, especially with bookshelf speakers, TVs, and late-night use.

Thanks for considering!

This has been requested many times before. Here is one of the latest threads
Thread 'Loudness curve?' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/loudness-curve.8528/
Dynamic Bass already exists for the WiiM Sound so it may be added to other devices.

 

[hgo58]

Please have a look at some other posts about this.

Thread 'Wiim Amp Ultra // Dynamic EQ/Bass Boost Setting' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/wiim-amp-ultra-dynamic-eq-bass-boost-setting.8508/

Post in thread 'Loudness curve?' https://forum.wiimhome.com/threads/loudness-curve.8528/post-163538

 

[QuarryHunslet]

Hi WiiM team,

I’d like to request a volume-dependent loudness compensation feature (dynamic EQ linked to volume).

At lower listening levels human hearing loses sensitivity to bass and some highs. A loudness mode that automatically boosts low (and slightly high) frequencies as volume decreases — and returns to neutral at higher volumes — would keep the tonal balance natural without manual EQ adjustments.

Suggested basics:

• On/Off toggle in the app
• Adjustable strength (Gentle / Medium / Strong or slider)
• Neutral EQ at high volume, increasing compensation as volume goes down
• Works alongside user EQ, with safe limits to avoid clipping

This would greatly improve low-volume listening, especially with bookshelf speakers, TVs, and late-night use.

Thanks for considering!

As long as it can be turned off, then I have no objection to such a feature.

 

[Burnside]

It’s also mentioned as being worked on in tne Ultra roadmap

WiiM Ultra Roadmap

Updated on Dec 28, 2025 Building the Future Together At WiiM, we believe your device should get better over time. We are sharing this roadmap to give you full visibility into our engineering pipeline—from active development to future concepts...

faq.wiimhome.com

 

[MCG555]

I think it is good to have a new track on this, despite the other ones, as WiiM seems not especially prone to go ahead. I would find it very useful too (WiiM Pro+)...

 

[Ronnie D]

There may be a workaround as follows, but would use a couple of smart presets.
1. Setup a smart preset with your normal EQ settings.
2. Set a smart preset with a night setting EQ that you create and name.
3. Set all your other presets to follow current EQ, you can do the same with the volume.
Then when you use the normal EQ preset, all your other presets will follow until you select the night setting preset, then all your presets will follow that setting until you go back to your normal preset EQ settings..
I know its not volume dependant, however it could help.

 

[Smartplug]

Don’t get your hopes high yet since there’s no time line unlike previous roadmap when to expect them.

 

[MCG555]

There may be a workaround as follows, but would use a couple of smart presets.
1. Setup a smart preset with your normal EQ settings.
2. Set a smart preset with a night setting EQ that you create and name.
3. Set all your other presets to follow current EQ, you can do the same with the volume.
Then when you use the normal EQ preset, all your other presets will follow until you select the night setting preset, then all your presets will follow that setting until you go back to your normal preset EQ settings..
I know its not volume dependant, however it could help.

Not bad, but I guess a dynamic approach, as suggested, is difficult to beat!
2 positions will never suffice…

 

[rccarguy]

My old lexicon processor has this feature it showed an image in the manual how it worked