Ripped CDs Quieter??

[Mattan]

I've been listening to my finally ripped CDs on a Sonos Play:3. They've been ripped as MP3s (VBR V2) and a few as FLAC. I'm not sure if it's the rips or the Sonos, but they seem quieter than the orginal CD. I'm playing the CDs from a separates system and and old 'ghetto blaster'.

I'm using EAC/LAME to rip to MP3. Is there any way to get the violume higher. Why would they be quiter?

 

[BenLaw]

How can you tell they're quieter if you're playing them back through different systems?

 

[chebby]

CD transports make noises. Not much noise admittedly, but it might account for the difference.

[EDIT] Ok just noticed you didn't mean background noise. You mean the signal level is lower when playing back files - rather than CDs - so you have to turn the volume up more.

Can you plug the CD player (from your seperates system) into the Sonos Play 3 so you can compare properly?

 

[Mattan]

@BenLaw: My 'ghetto blaster' is an old panasonic stereo and not particularly powerful. The volume just seems higher on this than the Sonos. I have to crank the latter up comparatively more.

@chebby: Unfortunately, then Play:3 doesn't have a line in, so can't do the comparision. I do have a Revo Mondo wi-fi and this is plugged in to the same amp as the CD separate. Same issue - I need to turn the volume up higher when switching from CD player to MP3.