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stephen0630
stephen0630 Posts: 41
edited March 2010 in Electronics
I have a question for you about SACD's. Why do I have to play my SACD's at a higher volume than I do with regular CD's. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited March 2010
    Welcome Stephen.
    Not sure, I do not have to do that. Any particular ones or all of them.
    It is common to have to play some CD's louder than others due to the recording, but not just SACD.
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  • stephen0630
    stephen0630 Posts: 41
    edited March 2010
    It is just when I switch my reciever to Multi Channel mode.
    Onkyo TX-SR703
    Carver M-4.0t
    Polk SDA-1C's
    Polk Monitor 4
    Sony SS-B1000
    Infinity Entra Sub
    Sony SCD-CE595
    Sanyo TP 727 Turntable
    Magnavox Blu-ray Player NB500MG1F
    Phillips 42" LCD 1080p
    Xbox 360
    Wii
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  • stephen0630
    stephen0630 Posts: 41
    edited March 2010
    That makes sense. I am new to the whole Multi Channel Audio experience.
    Thanks
    Onkyo TX-SR703
    Carver M-4.0t
    Polk SDA-1C's
    Polk Monitor 4
    Sony SS-B1000
    Infinity Entra Sub
    Sony SCD-CE595
    Sanyo TP 727 Turntable
    Magnavox Blu-ray Player NB500MG1F
    Phillips 42" LCD 1080p
    Xbox 360
    Wii
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,216
    edited March 2010
    Sometimes the multichannel inputs have separate trim levels from the Dolby or other inputs. Also, the multichannel inputs usually don't get processed as much. All in all, its pretty typical.
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  • MANSKITO
    MANSKITO Posts: 295
    edited March 2010
    Thats an easy one. Its one of two things or a mix of them both.

    If its on the same player its solely because dynamic range(the difference between the softest sound and loudest sound) of SACDs is MUCH higher then that of normal CDs(maybe a few orders of magnitude). So to be able to hear the softest sounds you have to turn your gear up louder to compensate for this larger difference.

    If how ever you have more then one player(or using different recordings) it could be a mix of two things some CD players (or recordings) put out stronger signals then others. So if you have more then one player for your CDs/SACDs then that could play into it but in large part again its because of the higher dynamic range.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2010
    With my Denon 2900 I have the same situation with SOME SACDs. My Telarcs come to mind.
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