I was extremely intrigued by the latest Erin’s Audio Corner video on YT about Dynamic Range and it got me really thinking about what I’d recently been buying online from Qobuz compared with what I’d been buying ages ago in CD format. I was trying to think of an early CD I’d bought and see what the …

Hi @ChrisUpNorth , Thanks for writing in - and excellent question you have here! Sounds like a fun process as well (nice work finding the specific album you were looking for as well, I know how lucky that can feel!) Roon uses its own algorithm, based on the EBU R128 standard, which is different fro…

[image] Dynamic Range What is Dynamic Range? Dynamic range measures the difference in volume between the softest and loudest portions of a track or album. It is most useful when comparing different releases of the same material. Since the early 90s, many recordings have... …

[image] ChrisUpNorth: Does anyone know why this is or how DR is calculated in Roon? Check out " How is Dynamic Range computed?" on this Roon Help page … [image] Dynamic Range What is Dynamic Range? Dynamic range measures the difference in volume between the softest and loudest po…

[image] ChrisUpNorth: Now on this website it claims the DR is 14… Roon however is saying the DR is 6… Check out this feature suggestion also: [image] Select "R128" or "Crest Factor" DR Feature Suggestions A switch setting to select either “R128” or “Crest Factor” D…

[image] ChrisUpNorth: Roon however is saying the DR is 6 (which according to the DR database website is rather naff). I would take from this (again), that DR should be completely ignored. It says basically nothing about the recording, not to speak of sound or mastering quality. btw my ´Speak…

What result do you see if you run MAAT DROffline MKII on the files in R128 mode?

The Roon numbers tell you - unsurprisingly - what the R128 analysis calculates. You just have to put in the effort to not over-interpret those numbers…

@benjamin thank you for spelling this out in the response I hadn’t appreciated there were two calculation methods. What I was hoping to do after watching the video was sniff out all the bad recordings I have and possibly replace them with better ones. I was listening to some music I really enjoy t…

Thank you @mikeb that has just got my vote

I’m not even sure how to do this. Without even trying I would expect them to be what Roon says they are based on the feedback so far. I hadn’t appreciated there were two calculation methods and Roon uses the other one. What I am trying to do is sniff out the bad recordings and then possibly source b…

[image] ChrisUpNorth: possibly paid for a high-res recording thinking I was getting a better version than a low-res one You might also want to analyze the spectral content of that alleged hi res file with the free musicscope software. Many of these alleged hi res reissues are simply the old …

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