Many thanks.
Could you, please. develope what you said ...?
"...eliminate extraneous artifacts like tongue clicks, breathing, etc."
I mean, are you talking about recording details you don't like (the higher the volume the more likely the drums will overcome the recorded breathing of a singer), or is it a woofer issue or otherwise proper behaviour when lack of energy does not allow adequate reproduction by the low energised woofer?
Because I can hear random noises like those you describe and that I sometimes detect when playing very softly my keyboard, and have been thinking for quite a while about what might be going on, even upgrading my loudspeakers...They completely disappear when higher volumes (>60dB) are used.
And I think this is a very important fact indeed, since we are accustomed to check the capability of loudspeakers at high levels, 85-96-105 dB, but nothing is said about minimum volumes to avoid those artifacts !!!!