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Level difference between Airplay and SpotifyConnect - malyessarah71 - 04-29-2021
I have a Pi4 plugged into an RME ADI-2 DAC. I have normalization off, and all of the starting volumes in moOde set to 100%.
When I Airplay from Spotify, the RME input meter peaks at around -.5dB as expected.
When I send the same songs to moode via SpotifyConnect, the DAC's input meter is pegged at "OVER" and I swear I hear a hint of clipping.
RME has special WAV files to verify bit-perfect, untouched playback. Moode passes that test when I play them via Airplay, so there seems to be something different about the SpotifyConnect side.
Ideas?
RE: Level difference between Airplay and SpotifyConnect - Tim Curtis - 04-29-2021
Airplay and Spotify Connect are two separate applications and I'm sure they use different volume algorithms.