[slim] Quality loss with ReplayGain?
Hi there! I have a Squeezebox Classic and most of my music is in flac format. All these files have the ReplayGain-Tag. As far as I know ReplayGain is just a tag and does NOT affect the music data itself. So when listening to my music and applying ReplayGain I was a bit surprised and sort of disappointed as the music sounded not that clear and bright as without replay gain applied. So my question is: does applying replaygain affect the sound quality? If so what can I do to at least reduce that effect (maybe use an external DAC?). Or are there any other ways to 'normalize' the volume output? Thanks for your help!! Stefan -- stefanta650 stefanta650's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71138 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Quality loss with ReplayGain?
Phil Leigh;483058 Wrote: RG is just a tag and doesn't change the audio data in your files. RG simply causes the Classic to reduce the volume via its 24-bit level control (which is very good quality by the way). When using RG, you MUST have the digital level set to maximum. RG will reduce the level by -10dB or less. The reason your music sounds less good is either: 1) it is just quieter and quieter ALWAYS sounds less clear and bright or 2) You have the digital level a lot less than max and so the total reduction in level is too great, eating into the SNR/dynamic range of the music Hi Phil! The digital level IS fixed to maximum level. Of course I adjusted the volume control of my amplifier when applying the RG. The question is HOW SB reduces the level. Is is just a digial lowering of the output level or happens more, let's say some sort of compression or reducing the dynamic range. I will go into further tests next days... Stefan -- stefanta650 stefanta650's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71138 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Quality loss with ReplayGain?
Phil Leigh;483058 Wrote: RG is just a tag and doesn't change the audio data in your files. RG simply causes the Classic to reduce the volume via its 24-bit level control (which is very good quality by the way). When using RG, you MUST have the digital level set to maximum. RG will reduce the level by -10dB or less. The reason your music sounds less good is either: 1) it is just quieter and quieter ALWAYS sounds less clear and bright or 2) You have the digital level a lot less than max and so the total reduction in level is too great, eating into the SNR/dynamic range of the music Hi Phil! The digital level IS fixed to maximum level. Of course I adjusted the volume control of my amplifier when applying the RG. The question is HOW SB reduces the level. Is is just a digial lowering of the output level or happens more, let's say some sort of compression or reducing the dynamic range. I will go into further tests next days... Stefan -- stefanta650 stefanta650's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71138 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
