Rich Malloy
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In the analog realm, the one affects the other. This is something that many folks with experience only in digitally-manipulating those elements may fail to intuit. To put it more simply, one's speaker placement relative to the listening position* -- that is to say "time-alignment the old-fashioned way" -- does have an effect on the volume level as perceived at the listening position. All things being equal [speaker loads, amplification, relative room dimensions], the speaker or speakers closer to your ears will sound louder than a speaker further away. Thus, in some respects, time alignment and level matching go hand-in-hand.
[*and also taking into account room acoustics - distance from walls and other acoustically-impactful obstructions]
[*and also taking into account room acoustics - distance from walls and other acoustically-impactful obstructions]