adamdea;632156 Wrote: > I do have flatness set to 10. I will also check for clipping in the > log. > AS for the loudness levels I am intrigued as to whether we are talking > about the same thing, but I can't really see (through the eyes of zero > engineering experienced mind you) why not -20dB average. In a long > symphony with 1 hour+ recorded then if there is not much dynamic > compression the average level will be miles below peak because there > will probably be only one 0 dB peak and that peak may well be much > louder than anything else.[for example in beethoven 9 and mahler 2 the > choir only comes in the last movement and the orchestra then plays > flat out , so the level for the other movements is bound to be much > lower] This is completely differnt from rock albums becasue the level > can be reset by reference to the loudest level in each track AND that > peak level is unlikely to be so very much higher than the surrounding > bits
I'm no expert on classical music but I do have Beethoven 9 (and Mahler 4 but not 2) - I will investigate. I have the von karajan Beethoven box... 20dB is a LARGE swing in level. If most of an album was at -20dB and then a sudden peak hit 0dB it would be quite a shock to the system! attached is my classical list: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: classical (2).txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11875| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77084 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
