adamslim;165572 Wrote: 
> What could be interesting is seeing if ReplayGain can actually *improve*
> the sound.  A (poorly-mastered?) CD might not get up to 100% of level. 
> Applying (positive) ReplayGain in the digital domain might improve DAC
> SNR, even if there is no more information.  Of course, you would need
> to be using an analogue volume control.
> 
> Anyone tried this?  I would have thought it would make little change on
> a 24-bit DAC, but might do on 16-20 bit ones.
> 
> Adam

You can't improve S/N by applying gain because the gain raises the
noise floor along with the signal.  

TD


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