Daverz;647442 Wrote: > Replaygain would not fit my listening habits. It would destroy the > loudness relationships between movements of a multi-movement work. > > If I had a regular 2 V output DAC, I'd definitely use the attenuators. > With the 1 V output, I occasionally find a recording at such a low RMS > level that I run out of volume with the attenuators in place. > > I've hooked up my Bryston 3B-SST amp for now. It allows switching > between 29 and 23 dB gain. > > All that said, what is the real problem with running at -25dB or more? > It can't be S/N. The noise from the DAC is simply never going to be an > issue. So it must be some other digital bugaboo.
RG in smartgain mode does not destroy the relative levels of multi-movement works... but anyway, there's no problem running at -25dB in my experience. Some folks however seem to have an aversion to ANY level reduction. If this was 16-bit I'd totally agree with them, but this is 24-bit and it just makes no sense at all. -- 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=89228 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
