max.spicer Wrote: > Some of my tracks and albums get some fairly substantial replay gain > adjustments (around -11dB). This means that when I have replay gain > enabled, particularly in smart mode, they end up sounding nowhere near > as good as they normally do. I wonder if this is some of the reason > for the complaints about lower audio quality with the recent sb > firmwares. I can obviously crank up the volume level to make these > tracks as loud as I'd like them (and Dean assures me that I'm unlikely > to notice any difference in quality by doing this). However, it feels > very wrong to have the dial on my amp turned up as much as this > requires. Can anyone tell me what the pros and cons are of doing this? > By turning my amp up, am I making it work harder? Does it use up more > electricity? Does it run hotter? Does the sound get affected in any > way other than volume? > > ReplayGain is a great thing, but it seems that its biggest advantage > (i.e. you don't need to keep reaching for the volume control), is also > a disadvantage. I do wish there was a setting to only use ReplayGain > when playing random tracks! > > Max I haven't tried Replay Gain but surely it just boosts the 'low' tracks - so how come -11dBs? Anyway, the latest nightlies have a gain control that works fine - no resolution loss above -35dB, so it should sound alright.
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