I realize this is an old thread but I came across it looking for
information on relpay gain. I was trying to find an explanation of why
even with my entire collection of music converted to FLAC and with
replay gain applied (both album and track replay gain) I still notice
variations in perceived loudness when playing random tracks (with
replay gain disabled in sqeezeboz variations are much worse so I know
it's working). This last post about setting maximum volume to less than
100% to allow for positive replay gain values makes a lot of sense if
the concept is correct.
For example, I have a ripped cd with album gain of +1.33db (I realize
1.33 db is negligible but for example purposes). If I have my volume
set at 100%, then there is no room to increase by the 1.33 db? Is this
logic correct?
On the same cd with +1.33 db album gain, I have a track with +5.6 db of
track gain. Would this track gain of +5.6 db have to be added to the
current volume to play back at same comparative volume as other replay
gained tracks? So in effect I would need to have my squeezebox fixed
volume at no more than 94.4% (100 -5.6)to get the proper result of the
replay gain values on playback of this track? 
Obviously I don't have much of an understanding of how exactly replay
gain is applied but this idea of positive replay gain values not being
able to be applied if volume is set at 100% could be the explanation
for the loudness variations I'm noticing.
Thanks,
Bill


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