[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread JJZolx
peterbell;144786 Wrote: > I guess that, from a purist point of view, having elected to use FLAC > coding for all my music, it goes against the grain to, knowingly, > introduce unneccessary digital processing. Why would anyone serious about music reproduction use replaygain for anything other than

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread peterbell
Josh Coalson;144740 Wrote: > --- peterbell forums.slimdevices.com> > wrote:[color=blue] > > analogue amplification is also lossy, the question is always whether > or not it's audible. the flac replaygain synthesis code does > dithering > with noise shaping, so you should ABX test it to see if y

Re: [slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread Josh Coalson
--- peterbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From these responses, I gather that the gain adjustment is performed > at > the player, but that it is done in the digital domain. This implies > that it must be a 'lossy' process and should be turned off for best > quality reproduction. > > This is

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
badbob;144561 Wrote: > So for HDCD titles it's best not to scan the albums, and just leave it > as it is? I use digital out to a HDCD capable DAC. Depends if you hear a difference with HDCD - not all do. But your decoder should indicate it's decoding HDCD as soon as ReplayGain is disabled. Not

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread badbob
So for HDCD titles it's best not to scan the albums, and just leave it as it is? I use digital out to a HDCD capable DAC. -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358 View this thread: h

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-09 Thread peterbell
>From these responses, I gather that the gain adjustment is performed at the player, but that it is done in the digital domain. This implies that it must be a 'lossy' process and should be turned off for best quality reproduction. This is a shame, because it does seem to me that, for the analogu

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
JJZolx;144498 Wrote: > It wasn't clear (to me) from that thread the answer regarding the volume > of the digital out when it's set to fixed. Does it remain fixed or does > replaygain affect the volume? ReplayGain definitely does affect the volume even when it's set to fixed. No doubt about tha

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-08 Thread JJZolx
peterbell;144479 Wrote: > Obviously, if the first answer is 'Server', then the adjustment is > carried out in the digital domain. However, if the adjustment is > performed at the player, is this done in the digital or the analogue > domain? > > If the adjustment is performed in the digital doma

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-08 Thread JJZolx
Mark Lanctot;144487 Wrote: > I had more or less the same question: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19946 > > This was in response to the details in firmware, so this means it's > done at the player. It wasn't clear (to me) from that thread the answer regarding the volume of t

[slim] Re: Where/how is gain adjustment carried out?

2006-10-08 Thread Mark Lanctot
I had more or less the same question: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19946 dean blackketter;78006 Wrote: > The replay gain adjustment happens at decode time and is independent > of the master volume control (and the analog preamp gain control). > It's a simple gain multipli