Wow. Smart Gain just really freaked out my speakers. If I'd been listening louder it would have done damage. Luckily I was near the volume control. I couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from. I was listening to track 1 of Essential Tallis Scholars (CD1). Not rafter-raising music.
Over the past weekend I was doing critical listening to see if there was a difference with Track Gain, No Volume Adjustment, Album Gain, and Smart Gain. (the short answer is, yes.) I left SC in Smart Gain. Previously it was set on Track Gain and there hadn't been a problem with this album or track, even when random mixes. Tonight I was listening to just the album (not shuffled with others). I now see why there was a noise. The album volume adjustment is 64.82 db. Yikes!!! It was ripped with Grip, which uses cdparanoia, and the replay gain is set in the FLAC command line. I've never seen any dB adjustment near that much up or down, for any track or album -- but who checks all the data of all their music (~12,000 songs). I better go re-rip that CD. -- Lefatshe ******** Fanless Zalman TNN 300 PC->Transporter->Rowland Concentra->Gallo Nucleus Reference 2 audiophile goal: faking-out your brain so you believe you're at the live concert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lefatshe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60836 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
