Triggaaar;164952 Wrote: > > I'm now more confused than I started.Sorry about that.
Triggaaar;164952 Wrote: > So Patrick is saying that reducing the digital volume will NOT take out > information from the original signal, just slightly reduce the SNR.Yes - > providing the input signal is 16 bit audio and you don't go lower than (IIRC) -35dB. Triggaaar;164952 Wrote: > 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).No, I'm not saying that! At 100, the digits > will be passed through untouched, it's only if you reduce volume you can loose resolution. Triggaaar;164952 Wrote: > > The one bit that does seem clear, is that digitally reducing the > volume, prior to converting to anologue, reduces the SNR.Almost everything > you do to an analogue signal reduces its SNR too, so what I'm trying to say is that digital volume control vs analogue volume control is something of a trade-off. -- 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
