I've read this post in an on-again/off-again fashion and I've yet to understand what problem you're really solving. As a system tuning tool it makes sense to listen at standardized volumes, but I don't see how that directly translates to listening to and enjoying music. As far as I can ascertain there is no magic to 83dB. It's just an arbitrary volume level used to standardize movie theater sound. It makes sense in that context because there is a good level of standardization in making movie soundtracks. No such level of standardization is practice in the production of pop/jazz/classical music.
Actually the answer to that may be, yes. Typically when engineers record loud sections of music they physically lower the recording volume in order to maintain recording headroom. The practice is called gain riding. If you really wanted in insure proper playback you would have to increase the volume during those passages. Unfortunately, as consumers we can never know where those passages are and by how much the volume was trimmed. With no standards during the recording process I just don't understand how imposing a rigid standard during playback is anything but arbitrary.
So, when Pink Floyd is playing the loud parts, should they not be turned up even further?
Actually the answer to that may be, yes. Typically when engineers record loud sections of music they physically lower the recording volume in order to maintain recording headroom. The practice is called gain riding. If you really wanted in insure proper playback you would have to increase the volume during those passages. Unfortunately, as consumers we can never know where those passages are and by how much the volume was trimmed. With no standards during the recording process I just don't understand how imposing a rigid standard during playback is anything but arbitrary.