Having the stereo receiver, or iPod/headphone amp, so close to being maxed-out seems to bring a shrillness to the overall tone, in both setups. I just mp3gained my entire music library at the suggested 89 db and I'm finding that to really play Metallica, AC/DC, etc, as it should be played (ie LOUD), I now have to completely crank my system nearly to max (both home stereo and iPod/headphone-amp setup). I suppose that the SQ could be negatively affected by setting the gain extremely low, too, as you'd be turning the volume control up higher on the player and perhaps getting more amplifier noise or distortion, but that's only a guess. but there seems to have been changes on quite a few dates, presumably from the addition of tracks, and probably the transfer of files. Yes i considered looking at date/time before. mediamonkey doesn't seem to have a tag which says the tracks have been levelled, which is what i'm looking for. didn't manage to get any information even on the mediamonkey help forum. I was just going to say all that =) i'm a little lost right now. If the gain adjustments were done on a recognizable date/time, it might be possible to figure it out just by the last modification date in Windows. I use Media Monkey to manage my player, but I use MP3Gain for gain adjustments because it has more features. I don't know if Media Monkey's gain leveling feature notes in the files that they have been changed. This is certainly true IF the gain adjustments were made by MP3Gain AND the Undo feature (that puts the amount of adjustment as a flag in the file tag) is not disabled. Originally Posted by grommal /img/forum/go_quote.gif I suppose that the SQ could be negatively affected by setting the gain extremely low, too, as you'd be turning the volume control up higher on the player and perhaps getting more amplifier noise or distortion, but that's only a guess. If you set the gain so high that you get clipping, you might hear the distortion in the loudest passages. The adjustment is lossless and completely reversible. The mp3 files are not re-encoded by mp3gain, as it only applies an offset adjustment across the board. I doubt if changing the gain with mp3gain will affect the SQ, unless you set it high enough to get clipping. I just want the best quality as possible for my mp3s and not further degrade by using some tool. I wonder if they are more noisy, not as clear or whatever. In some time I will rip some cds and compare the quality myself. I was aiming for replies that specifically mention the quality of the mp3 before and after the use of MP3gain. Originally Posted by moriez /img/forum/go_quote.gif
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