seanadams;164687 Wrote: > This is completely, 100% wrong. It doesn't matter how many people say > this, it is still wrong. Yes, you only maintain all the resolution of the original 16 bits by using all 24 bits - so truncating to 20 will loose you some information. seanadams;164681 Wrote: > You _ALWAYS_ lose SNR and dynamic range. The "you still have all the > bits" concept is completely flawed.Well not -completely- flawed ;-) Any > digital signal which doesn't swing the whole numerical range available to it, will loose some SNR (compared to the maximum available), at the DAC. However, this 'loss' of SNR may or may not be better than any SNR loss in a subsequent buffer and volume control circuit.
seanadams;164681 Wrote: > > Use the digital volume for day-to-day adjustment within your normal > listening range, not to compensate for a badly matched system.Absolutely. seanadams;164763 Wrote: > The new 0 to 100 scale is, I believe, true decibels. (In the past when > we used only 40 steps, it was a more complicated curve designed to > stretch out the low end of the range). So -10 corresponds to 90, -20 to > 80, and -30 to 70. > Well it's your product (nice title BTW), but AFAIK each step corresponds to 0.5dB. So 90 is -5dB, 80 is -10dB and 70 is -15dB. The previous 0-40 range gave steps of 1.25dB each. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30916 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
