Hi everybody,
I looked for "simple" options in LMS but I found not much about them in LMS parameters or in this forum, except perhaps this threads :
https://forums.slimdevices.com/archi...p/t-30316.html
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...Default-Volume
Both of them old and without conclusion. So I try a new thread, all apologies if I missed something.
Here is my problem : It seems to me (and it seems apparently to lot of people) than using "digital" volume attenuation on a source before a DAC makes losing dynamic, more than using volume attenuation of a preamp. At least it is what I believe I ear. That said, I love using my Squeezbox Touch volume control to pilote it remotely with my smartphone and I love Replay Gain that let me change from a tune to another without blasting my speakers, and my ears. So a good compromise is to use it a little, keeping close of 100% as close as possible and balance it with a preamp "constant" volume attenuation. The problem is that I have an attenuation of 8 to 10 dB because "standard" -18LUFS ReplayGain on lot of "modern" music, so even at 100% I'm far from 100%.
A first solution would be to change ALL of my (lot of) files to -16LUFS or -14LUFS, but I don't like that because it's a mess to do it again, because -18LUFS is now like a standard for ReplayGain and because it's much better to change it depending of your need on each player.
A second solution, that seems much better is the solution on foobar2000. Foobar2000 ReplayGain scanner is stick to -18LUFS but foobar2000 replaygain player let user add a preamp value for files with RG info and for files without RG info. That's exactly what I think is missing on LMS. Moreover, I don't know how clipping prevention work on LMS for files whose "Gain" and "Peak" values are high. Foobar 2000 let activate or not this option.
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As you see I'm not an english native speaker and this matters are quite technicals but I hope I made me clear.
If someone has something to propose that can help. Thanks a lot !!!!!!
I looked for "simple" options in LMS but I found not much about them in LMS parameters or in this forum, except perhaps this threads :
https://forums.slimdevices.com/archi...p/t-30316.html
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...Default-Volume
Both of them old and without conclusion. So I try a new thread, all apologies if I missed something.
Here is my problem : It seems to me (and it seems apparently to lot of people) than using "digital" volume attenuation on a source before a DAC makes losing dynamic, more than using volume attenuation of a preamp. At least it is what I believe I ear. That said, I love using my Squeezbox Touch volume control to pilote it remotely with my smartphone and I love Replay Gain that let me change from a tune to another without blasting my speakers, and my ears. So a good compromise is to use it a little, keeping close of 100% as close as possible and balance it with a preamp "constant" volume attenuation. The problem is that I have an attenuation of 8 to 10 dB because "standard" -18LUFS ReplayGain on lot of "modern" music, so even at 100% I'm far from 100%.
A first solution would be to change ALL of my (lot of) files to -16LUFS or -14LUFS, but I don't like that because it's a mess to do it again, because -18LUFS is now like a standard for ReplayGain and because it's much better to change it depending of your need on each player.
A second solution, that seems much better is the solution on foobar2000. Foobar2000 ReplayGain scanner is stick to -18LUFS but foobar2000 replaygain player let user add a preamp value for files with RG info and for files without RG info. That's exactly what I think is missing on LMS. Moreover, I don't know how clipping prevention work on LMS for files whose "Gain" and "Peak" values are high. Foobar 2000 let activate or not this option.
As you see I'm not an english native speaker and this matters are quite technicals but I hope I made me clear.
If someone has something to propose that can help. Thanks a lot !!!!!!