08-01-2024, 07:50 PM
Hi everybody,
Long time user, very happy with Moode. I am running version 8.3.9 on a RPi4 through a Khadas Tone Board as USB DAC using hardware volume control usually set to 100%, mostly with the Spotify renderer.
I have gotten a new integrated amplifier, which seems to be on the more sensitive side input wise. I do not have a lot of room on the volume knob with the full output of the DAC. I would like to attenuate some at the DAC level to get a more useable volume control on the amplifier.
I have set maximum volume of 50% for ALSA and MPD and it works as far as getting more use out of the potentiometer on the amp.
Here is the question:
First up, is anybody running their setups like this? Any idea if this will degrade the quality?
It should be fine if the volume control is at the DAC level, because it is a modern 32 bit DAC. However I do not know if Spotify really uses the hardware volume control, this is not clear to me from the settings and my doubts stem from this passage in the ALSA settings:
Establish ALSA 0dB level when volume type is set to Software, Fixed or CamillaDSP, or when any Renderers are active.
This seems to imply that the renderers can only use software volume control. Am I right?
Looking forward to your insights!
Long time user, very happy with Moode. I am running version 8.3.9 on a RPi4 through a Khadas Tone Board as USB DAC using hardware volume control usually set to 100%, mostly with the Spotify renderer.
I have gotten a new integrated amplifier, which seems to be on the more sensitive side input wise. I do not have a lot of room on the volume knob with the full output of the DAC. I would like to attenuate some at the DAC level to get a more useable volume control on the amplifier.
I have set maximum volume of 50% for ALSA and MPD and it works as far as getting more use out of the potentiometer on the amp.
Here is the question:
First up, is anybody running their setups like this? Any idea if this will degrade the quality?
It should be fine if the volume control is at the DAC level, because it is a modern 32 bit DAC. However I do not know if Spotify really uses the hardware volume control, this is not clear to me from the settings and my doubts stem from this passage in the ALSA settings:
Establish ALSA 0dB level when volume type is set to Software, Fixed or CamillaDSP, or when any Renderers are active.
This seems to imply that the renderers can only use software volume control. Am I right?
Looking forward to your insights!
