9.1 startup-no tone

Hi- I just upgraded my 9.0 to 9.1 and on the restart no "b-flat ahhh" tone or whatever it is called happened, but it did start up and set up was no problem. Is there an issue if the tone doesn't happen?

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[SOLVED???]
Hey! I tried something. The startup chime is now lower. Don't know if there is really a "cause and effect" relationship here, but here's what I did:
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