ralphpnj wrote: > 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". +1.
Some oversampling DACs lack "DSP headroom" and can create some extra unnecessary distortion when they encounter brickwalled recordings. For these DACs using some digital attenuation, in the Touch or inside the DAC or indeed with replay gain, allows intersample peaks >0db to be correctly rendered. But of course the main brickwall compression remains. So as Ralph says, DR7 reduced by 4db is still DR7 but quieter, not DR11. And if you're using any digital attenuation already in the Touch or in the DAC, replay gain gives no further benefit - you just need some attenuation -somewhere- (5db will do for all sane recordings). Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
