The first thing I noticed when I tried soundcheck's mods was that the
music was louder. Presumably there's no big secret here, because I had
previously been using replaygain adjustment (SmartGain) and had the
Touch's volume setting around 92% (I use the analog outs). As per
soundcheck's instructions (item 1 in section 1.1.2) I turned the
Touch's volume to 100% and turned off replaygain. Of course, turning
the gain down on my amp was all that was needed to get to previous
volume levels.

My question: why should replaygain on/off make a difference in audio
quality, besides the obvious effects of perceived loudness? Isn't the
gain adjustment taking place on the server?

I'm still evaluating the change in sound quality from the mods. My
first reaction is that I may be hearing some more detail, but I need to
do more listening with and without the mods. In any event, it finally
motivated me to finish running some cat5e to my living room!


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