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Why do my HDCDs play lower on my HDCD machine?

I own two Arcam FMJ CD/DVD players.
My CD catalog includes many CDs that are HDCD coded which include artists such as The Grateful Dead, Mark Knopfler and Neil Young. I also own several HDCDs from the Audio Fidelity label.
My Arcam C36 is a CD player only with no HDCD capability.
My Arcam DV139 is a universal machine with HDCD capability.
My HDCDs play lower on my DV139 than they do on my C36.
Is there something wrong with either of my machines or are HDCDs expected to play lower on HDCD capable machines?
Or, is this the design of the Arcam machines?
theaquaman

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Does this occur with both regular CD's and HDCD's, or only HDCD's? If it happens with both, then it is likely because the two CD players have different output voltages. I have a DAC that has a dramatically different output voltage than a CD player I have, so going from one to the other requires a volume change on the preamp.

Just a thought.

Michael
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