(-)dB on Ripped CDs
jdjohn
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My (new-to-me) Innuos Zen streamer came with a lot of existing music on the internal drive. A lot of the titles have a suffix of (-XXdB), with the XX usually being somewhere between 30 and 50. I suppose the original 'ripper' was trying to manage the 'loudness' of certain CDs he/she was ripping.
Does that sound feasible, and does anyone here do such a thing when ripping CDs?
Does that sound feasible, and does anyone here do such a thing when ripping CDs?
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"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon
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Sounds like they used replay gain when they ripped them so the volume would be consistent when played. Not a feature any serious audiophile would ever use.
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Congrats on the Zen. Love my Zen mk3.
Before the zen, I ripped my cds to uncompressed wave using DB Poweramp. I do not have this issue. If it's music you have already on disks, I would re- rip themKlipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
