DitherMan Wrote: > All fine, except at low listening levels where the number of active bits > in the DAC are reduced. Each bit corresponds to a level change of 6dB, > so at a listening level of -48dB below maximum, your expensive 24 bit > DAC is suddenly back to 16 bit because the 8 high order bits are never > being used. Quite correct. And so you are limited to a dynamic range of 96dB when listening 48dB below peak levels.
But does it matter? Consider: even if by some miracle you have a listening room with an ambient noise level of 0dBA, you still won't be able to detect the quantisation noise unless your maximum listening level is 144dBA, which I venture to suggest is a tad excessive. -- cliveb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19697 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
