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Volume normalizing

Vechnyak

February 18, 2021 15:51

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I'm having a volume issue and not sure which component is causing it. I just upgraded from DAC+ to DIGI+ Pro using Pi3 and Volumio2. For DAC I am using Denon 800NE coax input. When I had hifiberry DAC+ I was just using AUX input on the Denon.

The issue is that ever since I switched to DIGI+ the volume is at 100% on Volumio. Denon, even though is only 50 watt per channel and driving 120W 8ohm B&W speakers, I cannot make the volume higher than 1/4 of the knob turn. It would probably blow out the speakers (very very loud).

I could switch volumio to software volume I guess but I was reading that it is not recommended(???).

Is there any "good" way to normalize the volume?

P.S. I am using Spotify for music.

 

Thanks everyone.

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  HiFiBerry team February 18, 2021 16:13

  If you want to do volume control on the digital level, you will always loose some dynamic range. There is no way around this. 
  However, software volume control isn't really a problem if the dynamic range/noise floor of your receiver is good enough.

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  Vechnyak February 19, 2021 18:56

  Hi, thank you for your reply. I am sorry but I dont fully understand your reply. In any case, to simplify for me let me just ask two choices I have and hopefully you could help select which one is better?:

  1) Pi3/DIGI+ volume 100% - Denon volume is 0-1/4 turn max before volume becomes unbearably loud.

  2) Pi3/DIGI+ volume 50% - Denon volume is 0-1/2 turn.

   

  Thanks