DSD files are not loud as "normal flac" files

[feeder6]

Hi guys,

i am running raspberry 4 with hifiberry dac+ pro. Connected to a jbs audio atom headphone amplifier. System is max2play with LMS.
Music is stored as flac and dsd on a ssd.

So my problem is that dsd files aren`t so loud as flac files. I need to turn the volume a quater higher to get the same volume as flac files.

Can somebody help me?

Greetings Daniel

[slartibartfast]

Hi guys,

i am running raspberry 4 with hifiberry dac+ pro. Connected to a jbs audio atom headphone amplifier. System is max2play with LMS.
Music is stored as flac and dsd on a ssd.

So my problem is that dsd files aren`t so loud as flac files. I need to turn the volume a quater higher to get the same volume as flac files.

Can somebody help me?

Greetings Daniel

The DSD files are probably mastered differently. On my system DSD files are generally louder as I use replaygain and they aren't compatible with replaygain.

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[mftech]

DSD is not PCM, since it's a 1 Bit format the overall enveloppe is 6dB.
When recording DSD you need to be careful to not exceed this available headroom.

Expect to raise the volume when playing back DSD files.
Some player (as Roon) offer to add +6dB of volume when you playback DSD files, not LMS.