>From another volume thread (2 months old) boybees;147581 Wrote: > Slim Server 6.5: If I have the volume control set at 80 instead of 100, > does this take out information from the digital signal? Patrick Dixon;147622 Wrote: > No - it just gives you a slight reduction in the actual signal to noise > ratio at the DAC. and now, in response to Sean's comments "This is completely, 100% wrong. It doesn't matter how many people say this, it is still wrong": Patrick Dixon;164921 Wrote: > 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. > I'm now more confused than I started.
So Patrick is saying that reducing the digital volume will NOT take out information from the original signal, just slightly reduce the SNR. And Patrick is saying that even if you leave the volume at 100, you will lose original resolution of the 16 bits if you have a 20 bit DAC (as you are sending it a 24 bit signal). I apologise if I have miss interpreted everything, but it seems that Sean and Patrick are saying completely different things. The one bit that does seem clear, is that digitally reducing the volume, prior to converting to anologue, reduces the SNR. -- Triggaaar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triggaaar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1417 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
