No "Loudness War" Here: Roon, Classical Music and Dynamic Range

[Puma Cat]

One of the nice things about Roon is it will show the dynamic range of a recording under the album photo.

While I was pleased to see DRs of 8 or 9 for jazz recordings, I did a lot of CD ripping using XLD the last two days to update my classical music collection in Roon. Some of these recordings have very impressive dynamic range, but this one might top the charts for what I've seen in my catalog so far: 19!

For a 16/44 Redbook CD of Mendelssohn's Scottish and Italian Symphonies by The Academy.

Impressive figures when you have recordings not compressed all to hell by the "loudness wars"

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

While I was pleased to see DRs of 8 or 9 for jazz recordings, I did a lot of CD ripping using XLD the last two days to update my classical music collection in Roon. Some of these recordings have very impressive dynamic range, but this one might top the charts for what I've seen in my catalog so far: 19!

Not bad for an old CD.

Above average but I have hundreds into the mid-20s (many from CDs). Some test and pop tracks extend to 40+!!

(Frankly, I am a bit skeptical about the accuracy of the measurements.)

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by Kal Rubinson

Not bad for an old CD.

Above average but I have hundreds into the mid-20s (many from CDs). Some test and pop tracks extend to 40+!!

(Frankly, I am a bit skeptical about the accuracy of the measurements.)

Hey Kal,
Thanks for the reply. If you have a couple of favorite titles of either jazz, vocal or classical you like that have numbers in the 20s, please consider listing a few of them for us here. Maybe we could start to create a database...

Many thanks,
Stephen aka Puma Cat

[bart]

Stephen & Kal, good idea!
I'll be following this thread with interest (not yet a Roon subscriber).

[Puma Cat]

Originally Posted by bart

Stephen & Kal, good idea!
I'll be following this thread with interest (not yet a Roon subscriber).

Really? Oh,man it’s amazing...

[Kal Rubinson]

Originally Posted by Puma Cat

Thanks for the reply. If you have a couple of favorite titles of either jazz, vocal or classical you like that have numbers in the 20s, please consider listing a few of them for us here. Maybe we could start to create a database...

Originally Posted by bart

I'll be following this thread with interest (not yet a Roon subscriber).

Sorry to disappoint but I won't play the game. I rarely pay any attention to DR ratings although if the issue comes up, I may engage. To me, it is a distraction, in general.

[tima]

I thought this was forum was for discussing classical music.