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Sound changed?

It isn't about opinion regarding better or worse, surely...? I see it as being about not changing something that's working fine, unless it is to add choice.
The new sound might be too quiet, even at its highest volume.
I would like to have options, especially for volume.

I just started using the sound to alert me when I was playing a game since I like to do other things in other tabs (especially on YouTube) but the sound is often really loud relative to those videos and now it is really low, so I was wondering if there was a way that there could be a volume adjustment for it?
I'm personally of the opinion that there should be sound options. I was a little bit surprised when the new sounds were added without the option to use the old ones, too.
New sound is way too soft. Please bring back the old sounds. Thank you!
I like the new sounds. And i liked the old ones. My point is, it doesn't make any difference to me. Wasn't this site about chess, anyway?
It does make a difference for me. As somebody who plays a lot of bullet chess, loud sounds are key--hearing moves clearly is often as important as seeing them. Just my 2 cents.
Ironically, they were changed because someone -- a blitz and bullet player, actually -- complained the other sound was too loud and was breaking their concentration. The old old sound from 2013 was louder yet but sounded more like a bell than pieces touching the board.

We can't please everyone... so might as well please different people with different sounds. :)
I don't believe that was why they were changed.

Pretty sure it's closer to: new sounds became available to us, we implemented said sounds.

The other sound sets (and some new ones) will be made available soon.

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