Curt962;529488 Wrote: > Good Post! > > I've found a number of Hi-Res downloads (24-88, 24-96) that are at > ridiculously low levels. The VU meters barely move, and the music > actually sounds a bit "lost". The effect is not unlike using a > low-output MC cartridge into a phono stage with insufficient gain. > It just doesn't work. > > I've used dbPoweramp more than once to cautiously apply a bit of fixed > gain, and the whole thing sounds better. Lots better in most cases. > I also retain a copy of the original file in case I mess up. I'm not > changing things, so much as "re-scaling" them a bit to get them out of > the dirt and up where they can be heard without running the gain on > everything here at "11". Not unlike using a phono stage with more > gain. > > This seems to work quite well, and I've yet to hear some objectionable > sonic artifact as a result. > > Works for me!
Curt, how did you do it? I've used dBpoweramp to rip all of my cds, but I left everything to default settings. Where would I find the menu item you said would add some fixed gain? TIA John -- Squeezed_Rotel John M SqueezeCenter 7.3.4 running on a DIY PC, Windows 7 64 bit o.s., with Inguz Audio EQ/DRC. (1) Transporter, & (2) Booms connected through a Linksys WRT54gs router and Linksys WAP54g access point. Using an iPod Touch with iPeng for a controller. For Critical Listening =>Transporter => Rotel RC1070 preamp => Rotel RB1080 2 channel amp => Bowers & Wilkins 805 Speakers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Squeezed_Rotel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76680 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
