pippin wrote: > On some systems gain (both replay gain and volume control) can be used > separate from the actual music info, under certain circumstances iPeng > is doing that (depending on the output hardware) but it's not what the > Squeezeboxes are doing and you can't do it with digital audio outputs > (SPDIF et al), I'm not 100% sure about USB audio (AirPlay does it, the > old iPod interface with the 30 Pin connector did it). This is usually > done _instead_ of moving to 24 bits.
Yes, USB audio can do that - but it is, as you say, exactly the same as using the volume control - the USB DAC doesn't know anything about replay gain. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87364 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
