ReplayGain

[ClausDK]

Seems that my issue with “hot”cd’s is solved, or at least I have a way to reduce the output.

With Most of the hot cd’s I am ok with storing them as flacs, and when converting with Foobar I also add replaygain, minus 8-10db seems appropriate. I will probably have to adjust this a bit for some semi-hot albums, but that’s no big deal.

So, The huge difference in sound level is gone.

What’s left, perhaps, is that the sound quality might have been degraded in the process as well.
Does anyone know if that’s the case, and if yes, how much I loose, compared to say when converting to 320k mp3 files. And if the degradation depends on the replaygain adjustment level?

Finally, can I convert back to original WAV file with replaygain removed (from flac2) ?

Thanks for your replies

Claus