Proper use volume control?

If you live in a small space, perhaps a 'volume' knob would be useful.
Want to have guests over for a party in your tiny efficiency apt, crank up the 'volume' knob and have a warehouse size pad. (like Harry Potter party tents)
One could shrink the car to park in more easily just by lowering the car's 'volume' knob!
In a bar getting hassled, turn up your personal volume to overshadow the bully...
But also remember Gain is a kind of laundry detergent....
Ahhhhhh......

y'all crack me up. lol.

We've already lost tone and balance controls. Seems logical that for maximum purity the next generation of equipment will eschew volume control in favor of the one audiophile approved volume level. Adjust your other equipment, speakers, and room to match.

Volume is some painful parg of the system. At certain volumes your system sounds better or worse; at certain volumes it might not sound right at all. The wider the range of the volume you can listen, the better preamp you probably have.

"The wider the range of the volume you can listen, the better preamp you probably have." - other equipment as well.