Important subject...about dac level etc etc

[canard]

A look at the music library: How much DAC intersample overhead is enough? True Peak analysis of genres in an eclectic digital collection.

A blog for audiophiles about more objective topics. Measurements of audio gear. Reasonable, realistic, no snakeoil assessment of sound, and equipment.

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[canard]

A look at the music library: How much DAC intersample overhead is enough? True Peak analysis of genres in an eclectic digital collection.

A blog for audiophiles about more objective topics. Measurements of audio gear. Reasonable, realistic, no snakeoil assessment of sound, and equipment.

archimago.blogspot.com

The -3dB -4dB default setting, as some do, is a wise precaution... but forget about bitperfect, etc., and it allows for even more precise measurements of the precautions to be taken with positive-gain PEQs, etc.

(I'm hardly concerned because I mainly listen to "auto-leveled" radio stations or acoustic music on these streamers ;-) )


We need to see how this is handled by streaming providers...the key point...



The enormous irony is that these issues are mainly present with music in very narrow dynamic ranges... it's crazy... (Analog and its clipping management made much more sense in this case...)

(If these aspects are not taken care of...we can imagine that it is not necessarily completely upstream in the production chain in certain cases...)

(I invite you to go see the current discussion on asr on this subject quite essential...)

 

[slartibartfast]

The -3dB -4dB default setting, as some do, is a wise precaution... but forget about bitperfect, etc., and it allows for even more precise measurements of the precautions to be taken with positive-gain PEQs, etc.

(I'm hardly concerned because I mainly listen to "auto-leveled" radio stations or acoustic music on these streamers ;-) )


We need to see how this is handled by streaming providers...the key point...



The enormous irony is that these issues are mainly present with music in very narrow dynamic ranges... it's crazy... (Analog and its clipping management made much more sense in this case...)

(If these aspects are not taken care of...we can imagine that it is not necessarily completely upstream in the production chain in certain cases...)

(I invite you to go see the current discussion on asr on this subject quite essential...)

Replaygain should probably help in these cases but interesting to see the Tracy Chapman track mentioned in the article actually has a positive Replaygain value making the situation worse.

 

[canard]

Replaygain should probably help in these cases but interesting to see the Tracy Chapman track mentioned in the article actually has a positive Replaygain value making the situation worse.

Even though I shouldn't be concerned... I'm at 94%... as a minimum precaution ;-)

 

[dominikz]

Output levels in my WiiM devices rarely (if ever) go above 50%, so I don't really concern myself with digital overload at all.

It can be a legitimate problem to those who keep the output at 100% and control their system volume elsewhere, however!