[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: ReplayGain, sound quality and amp work
surely it just boosts the 'low' tracks - so how come -11dBs By default, mp3gain tries to add tags which would make the sound appear normalised to 89db. It will write positive or negative gain tags to achieve that. The -11db, would mean that the track would play back at 100db without any gain applied. -- oreillymj oreillymj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=699 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17879 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: ReplayGain, sound quality and amp work
Craig said: max.spicer Wrote: Can anyone tell me what the pros and cons are of doing this? By turning my amp up, am I making it work harder? Does it use up more electricity? Does it run hotter? Does the sound get affected in any way other than volume? Max Your amp is only working as hard as you drive the speakers so no, it doesn't run hotter or use more power. It is very hard to generalize on how hard the amp is working without knowing a bit more. Class A amps use a lot of power no matter how hard they are being driven. Class A/B are sortof like Class A, and then sort of like Class B. Class B amps generally use more input amps when they are producing more output watts. (Most folks think of output watts, watts in == watts out + watts lost) So if you have a typical amp, and are listening to the same sound level, it is typically drawing the same power from your local electricity company, generating the same heat. Audiophiles tend to notice different things, and sometimes how much gain the amp is putting out (especially for tube/valve amps) has impact on the sound. Adjusting the gain digitally may have impact on the sound quality depending on the dithering used and all sort of esoteric stuff. Pat http://www.pfarrell.com ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: EAC vs Musicmatch
jhwilliams Wrote: If you assume not bit errors, then yes, they will sound the same ;-) There will undoubtedly be errors, but as to how significant an effect they have -- that all will depend on a variety of things, especially your equipment + setup. I'd try an experiment on a few key pieces of music that you have and make an evaluation on that. I've never bothered with a comparison between EAC unsecure mode and another piece of ripping software - EAC probably has the edge due to the features it uses (even unsecure), but if I had to take a view, I'd say that it would be impossible to tell the difference by ear. I have re-ripped everything I have using EAC secure to FLAC - of course my starting point was an AAC/MP3 library so it was an easy decision. What are the best setting to use in eac when ripping to FLAC? Do you know if tags are supported in FLAC and if so which editor do you prefer? I'm switching over from MP3 (CDEX) to FLAC. But i want to do it right the first time before i do all cd's Thanks. -- edwin2005 edwin2005's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2232 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17509 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: EAC vs Musicmatch
edwin2005 Wrote: What are the best setting to use in eac when ripping to FLAC? Do you know if tags are supported in FLAC and if so which editor do you prefer? I'm switching over from MP3 (CDEX) to FLAC. But i want to do it right the first time before i do all cd's Thanks. Im using this with EAC: Program used for compression: E:\soft\flacattack\flacattack.exe Additional command line options: E:\soft\flacattack\flacattack.ini %s %a %t %g %y %n %m %o For additional tagging, search for The Godfather, although lately Ive been using foobar a lot. -- Néstor Néstor's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=60 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17509 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: EAC vs Musicmatch
in eac i do the following... auto-access freedb on unknown cd's filename: %D\%C\%N-%T compression options: use flac.exe addl command line options: -5 -V -T artist=%a -T title=%t -T album=%g -T date=%y -T tracknumber=%n -T genre=%m %s -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17509 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB-3 and external DAC
highdudgeon Wrote: I have a new Lavry DAC - which, unlike benchmark, re-clocks incoming signal -- and I'm curious to see what the difference will be. I do know that, with a CD player, the difference is night and day.- ? The Benchmark DAC1 reclocks. From what I've read it's one of the best DACs around when it comes to jitter. From the reviews I've read the Benchmark and Lavry da2002 should be able to go toe to toe (Stereophile has one I believe). Clearly the Lavry will have a bit of an edge. highdudgeon Wrote: Of course, the cost/benefit curve is rather steep... That's always a good point. Everything is always moving in the audio world, but I think the one component you dont want to drop too much on (personally) is the DAC - if only because the technology is advancing so quickly. I friend of mine has a slightly older Meridian transport and DAC. I can confidently put my SB2 and Benchmark (yes, and the SB2 solo) up against it. In a couple of years I fully expect a DAC that blows the Benchmark away for half the price. So with that in mind the Benchmark was the right performance/price tradeoff for me at the moment. If was in the position of having a SB2/3 and a few grand budget, I'd certainly drop all that into the amp and speakers. Once you get into the 10k mark I think an external DAC starts to become relevant. I'm not keen on arbitrary rules of thumb, but I guess all this means it that I believe a DAC should be around 10-15% of a total system. -- jhwilliams jhwilliams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: SB-3 and external DAC
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 15:22 -0800, jhwilliams wrote: highdudgeon Wrote: I have a new Lavry DAC - which, unlike benchmark, re-clocks incoming signal -- and I'm curious to see what the difference will be. I do know that, with a CD player, the difference is night and day.- The Benchmark DAC1 reclocks. From what I've read it's one of the best DACs around when it comes to jitter. Benchmark says that their system is immune from jitter. But I'm not smart enough to know if that is just marketing or backed up by engineering. From the reviews I've read the Benchmark and Lavry da2002 should be able to go toe to toe (Stereophile has one I believe). Clearly the Lavry will have a bit of an edge. At these price points, personal taste is a big deal. I friend of mine has a slightly older Meridian transport and DAC. I can confidently put my SB2 and Benchmark (yes, and the SB2 solo) up against it. In a couple of years I fully expect a DAC that blows the Benchmark away for half the price. You are way too conservative. In a couple of years, the SB5 will include that DAC. The SB2 is a big improvement from the olden days. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
