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Replaygain:
Source mode: Track
Processing: Apply gain & prevent clipping according to peak.
PreAmp: with RG info: 1.5 dB
DSP:
Resampler (PPHS)
Convert 5.1 to Stereo (Matrix decoder)
Convert mono to Stereo
Equalizer
Output:
Creative XMOD (much better than crappy laptop soundcard)
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Originally Posted by tfarney
If anything is true of the Audiophile Mentality, not just here, not just headphones, it is that it is often driven by the desire to purchase something and then the desire to justify that purchase.
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD555
Sennheiser HD205 | MX400| MX360 | Sony MDR-G58V | Sony HPM-70 (Recabled for 3.5mm).
Audio Players:
Pioneer HTZ 262 5.1 Home theatre | iPod 5.5 Gen (30 GB) | Sony D - NF400 (DiscMan)[u].
Source: HP Compaq Presario F577 AU: Creative XMOD + Fiio E3 (Primary source)
, Playback with ASIO4ALL
My understanding is that in difference from volume control that attenuates everything, losing some bits with data, advanced limiter just lowers clipping inducing spike leaving everything else alone.
Hmm, actually Foobar2000 Manual - DSP says "Hard -6dB limiter : Will do the same as the advanced limiter but it is limited to a -6dB cut. Preferred over the advanced limiter."
One more thing, I use ASIO 2.0 and that makes the Output Data Format greyed out. Anybody got any idea as to why? The only option I can change inside "Output Format / Post processing" is check "Dither (slow)". I don't even know what is Dither supposed to do, but I think it doesn't do anything anyway, when playing through ASIO.
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Hmm, actually Foobar2000 Manual - DSP says "Hard -6dB limiter : Will do the same as the advanced limiter but it is limited to a -6dB cut. Preferred over the advanced limiter."
For all of the complaining about the loudness war, it is interesting that people include limiters on their DSP chain. They either do nothing, or apply a form dynamic compression to the signal, as appropriate. If there is a clipped signal (which there really should not be with lossless files unless you are using other DSPs), I'd think that lowering the overall volume slightly would be the more audiophile-style approach to dealing with it. If you have a nice 24 bit soundcard, one might think that you could lower the volume quite a bit and the noise of the original recording (being only 16 bit at best when mastered to CD) should still be audible above the potential noise floor of your system.
Foobar does indeed sound better with DSP's such as ReSampler.
Anyone else tried Resampler?
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Originally Posted by tfarney
If anything is true of the Audiophile Mentality, not just here, not just headphones, it is that it is often driven by the desire to purchase something and then the desire to justify that purchase.
Headphones:
Sennheiser HD555
Sennheiser HD205 | MX400| MX360 | Sony MDR-G58V | Sony HPM-70 (Recabled for 3.5mm).
Audio Players:
Pioneer HTZ 262 5.1 Home theatre | iPod 5.5 Gen (30 GB) | Sony D - NF400 (DiscMan)[u].
Source: HP Compaq Presario F577 AU: Creative XMOD + Fiio E3 (Primary source)
, Playback with ASIO4ALL
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