Rick B.;176114 Wrote: > Jim, why are you referencing soundcards in your post? I didn't think > that the soundcard in my PC is involved in ripping CD's to a hard drive > and playing them back through the Squeezebox. Am I mistaken? Thanks.
Rick, You're right....the soundcard is not part of the process. That reference was in the excerpt and it may refer to some other part of the question that was being addressed in the document I quoted. The main point is that level attenuation in the digital domain which is how replaygain works, can reduce the resolution and audio quality. It notes as an example that a 10dB gain reduction will lose 1.5 bits of resolution on playback. I frequently saw 10-12 dB. Of course, you may not notice this at all and you may not see that amount of reduction on your particular CD's, so it may only be concern if you do not wish to sacrifice resolution for any reason. Since replaygain does not change the audio information in your ripped files, you can add it when you rip and just disable the function in SS if you don't want to use it. Jim -- jfo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jfo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1135 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32244 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
