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    This is technically off topic since headphones are electronic devices and are not specific to computers, software or networking. You may want to check out What is Frequency Response?. The likely reason they go quiet is they are not capable of the frequency response required by the music being played.
    – CharlieRB
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 20:34
  • This is off topic, but what you are describing is aggressive compression (NOT "encoding" compression) and/or dynamic range adjustment. Compression usually brings the quiet sound up in volume and can seem like the loud parts "duck." Disable all loudness, compression, dynamic range in your hardware. I recently watched a movie on cable-on-demand that had such aggressive ducking I had to stop watching. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking
    – Yorik
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 21:11