I have a number of demos, some recorded fairly low and some fairly hot, I'm trying to bring up the over all sound to be fairly equal on all songs, so when I put them on a CD to send them to someone, they won't have to turn them up or down. I try to get them close to 0 without going into the red, even for a second, but some songs have high spots that go into the red, just for a second, I can't hear any distortion on these small speakers but I'm not sure if I trust my ears or not. LOL