Yeah I completely relate to that. Sadly, that furher deteriorates the tone coz the head aint moving the speakers enough. I guess these boxes are the best we can have when playing in our condos or at mom's house. #BedroomGuitaristLife
Bro, in all seriousness, there's a certain personal minimum standard which I can consider passable in terms of what I think sounds good at a particular volume level. Surely, you're not pushing the speakers and moving enough air at a low volume level.... But that's not what I'm after if I just want to practice and improve my chops or when I'm learning a song.
It's not really about tone deterioration. It's how one sound can effectively work for you at a particular instance.