callesoroe wrote: > It is a fact that almost all DAC's do not sound good with clipped > signals.
It is my experience that anything that starts with "it is a fact that" usually isn't. > Using replay gain you turn Down the heavy mastered recordings, and NO > clipping comes to your DAC..... And it just sounds better.... Let me repeat - if the signal is already clipped, replay gain won't magically undo the clipping. All replay gain does is adjust the gain. If your DAC clips with a signal that is too loud, it is badly designed, but the situation can be easily fixed by turning the gain/volume down by a little - that is all replay gain does, too. > It is very visable on my system. When playing a loudness recording the > VU meters on the Transporter bangs to the buttom, and The clipping > indicator on my Tact > lights up all the time....... > Turning on replay gain VU meters are max at 0 db and mostly wide under. > And the clipping indicator never lights up. > I rest my case....... I can see and hear what happens..... No, you can see and hear what you *think* happens. What happens when you use replay gain is that the gain is reduced a bit - that is what you see on the VU meters, but you could have done the same by turning down the volume a little. The clipping indicator just detects "full scale" samples - so if you (or replay gain) reduce the volume, the clipping peaks are at a slightly lower level, and not detected by the Tact clipping indicator - but you haven't removed any of the clipping, just turned down the volume. Clipping can be an issue with replay gain - because replay gain can *cause* clipping as a result of the gain adjustment done by replay gain. So replay gain can never remove clipping that is already in the signal, but it can cause additional clipping. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104121 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
