I'm with mortod on focusing on notch filters rather than boost (maybe as an option?). Inguz DRC has dramatically improved my system, but clipping does become a problem. I am at -20db right now, and still have significant clipping due to many newer recordings being mastered too loud. My amplifier doesn't have much power to spare, and every db I lose to avoid DRC clipping is one I'd rather not throw away.
Everyone contributing to this thread has a greater command of technical aspects of DRC than I do (I've probably failing to understand something as I write this), but it does seem to me as if DRC further dulls the already flat, compressed sound of newer recordings. For recordings that are mastered and compressed properly, Inguz DRC is amazing. For those that are not (the most recent U2 recordings come to mind), I sometimes avoid DRC and power up my CD player. But perhaps all of this simply comes back to the "garbage in, garbage out" type argument - if they would only stop ruining recordings to make them sound good in our cars... Do my perceptions here make any sense? -- esbrewer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ esbrewer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35615 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
