So, does keeping replaygain turned on result in a reduction in audio quality that is likely to be noticed?
Max pfarrell Wrote: > On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 11:07 -0700, topster wrote: > > And if it does the 'right' thing, maybe someone else with more > > expertise can calculate what's maximum attenuation in dB the extra 8 > > bits buy us without data loss. > > 8 bits is 48 dB. > Each bit is 6 dB, times 8 gives 48. > > Now 6 is just an approximation, the real value is 6.020599913 > but that is close enough to six for us friends. > > Humans have a hard time noticing a sound that is 70 dB below > another, most recording engineers consider -70 dB to be a total > cut. This is how most perceptual lossy compression for audio works. > > > for more, see > http://www.pfarrell.com/prc/bits.html > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
