audio53;385820 Wrote: > Dynamic range is so important when playing classical music. Wouldn't > having ReplayGain turned on in this case affect dynamic range in a bad > way?
I never heard a loss of dynamic range. And -- as far as I understand things -- this shouldn't be the case theoretically: the volume setting of the whole album is changed, when album AP is implemented correctly, this has _no_ impact on dynamic range. It could have (very limited) impact in the days when positive RP could lead to clipping (the loudest parts could be clipped), but this is no longer the case. Also, RP with classical music is generally very mild (based on a quick look I would say between +2b and -3db). RP is not the holy grail of course. There is a natural tendency to adjust the listening level to specific situations and specific music. An example: when I'm going to listen to a symphony of Mahler (speak of dynamic range!), I have a tendency to turn up the volume. Not because the volume is lower compared to what I was listening to before, but because listening to Mahler grabs my whole attention: I cannot do anything else than listen to the music. While I can listen to a piano sonata of Mozart or Beethoven while reading a book. Of course that's a personal thing. As others have said, RP could have a (small) negative impact on SN-ratio when the volume of the player is already on a low level and the RP is a large negative number. I have the volume of my Transporter at about 85; this gives some room for positive RP and a lot of room for negative RP. Teus -- Teus de Jong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teus de Jong's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15415 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58241 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
