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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: New thoughts about the volumeRe: New thoughts about the volume
From: Martin Borus <mborus_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:46:01 +0200 On 7/18/05, André Scheffler <AndreScheffler_at_kosmopoliten.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I know there have been several discussions about the volume in rockbox and > that it's lower then the volume of the original firmware on some devices, > i.e. iRiver H1x0. > As often explained the reason for that is the Bass/Trebble setting which > lowers the overall volume by up to 24dB (or was it 16dB?), so that no > clipping occurs. > > But what has been overseen in this discussion is, that mostly the > Bass/Trebble never reaches the 0dB-border, so you would only need to lower > the overall volume by maybe 20 dB or even less. > So what I would "recommend" is an adjustable "volume-limiter", so you could > say "Limit the max. volume to: -4dB" or whatever you feel comfortable with > and depending on the music you are listening to. I agree with that. I use the Iriver mainly for timeshifting satellite radio. Some of these mp2-rips are very low in volume, so if it's technically possible, I'd love the volume to go up to 200%. Martin Martin _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-07-18 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |