callesoroe wrote: > The album is very loud mixed. But I turn on replay gain, and external > streaming from Wimp-hifi is set to -7 . > And while this is 16 bit it does not affect soundquality, as sb is > working as a 24 bit system. Most important with this is that you prevent > clipping comming to your DAC(my case Transporter). And when playing the > album with the -7, it really sounds good.... :) > I really like the feature, that you can turn down the loud albums..... > The DR numbers really don't say very much about the soundquality. I have > albums with low numbers that sounds better than albums with high > numbers. > So it is really just a number..... But it confirms the loudness war. No > doubt there. > But i am happy to have the feature to turn the loud albums down, and > just enjoy the music. > This album is good example for that.
Turning down the volume on a dynamically compressed recording DOES NOT remove the clipping produced in the compression process so it is not "just a number". Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
