Grimaldi

Hi Simon and everyone else, Just wondering if the classical tracks that you mentioned are all characterised by having a lot of quiet passages on the album or track in question (as can be more the case with classical music compared to rock/pop/etc), thus if MM is trying to calculate the replay gain volume increase or decrease its thinking that the track is on average "very low volume" and thus increases the gain, not appreciating the dynamic differences that are supposed to be there which ultimately leads to clipping? I've never had such probs with my DAC-XP but then I don't typically listen to classical and don't adjust the gain in any way. I could try one of you problem tracks on my DAC-XP but at the moment all my streaming is through iTunes and AE as the PC with a digital out is in another room from the hifi. My worry would also be that MM has to be changing the wave form when adjusting the replay gain and thus is doing additional processing to your lossless files. The ideal solution would be something that sent a message/signal to the preamp to adjust the volume in that way. Just some thoughts

What a very interesting thread. And good to see another CUer

Here is a link to the brochure which gives a bit more info on the new integrated amps and the pre amp: http://www.cyrusaudio.com/cms_downloads/CyrusProductBrochure2009.pdf The standard DACs should be ok quality wise and are the same as those used in the Cyrus award winning SE CD players, but also have the option of being upgraded with the Q module. However the DAC-X and the DAC-XP models still feature the best Cyrus DACs. I have the DAC-XP which is a preamp with a DAC, it has 6 digital inputs and 2 analogue - a versatile piece of kit. With the current weakness of £ these should be a bargain to buyers in EU and the US.