Thanks for your time trying to help me understand this. I am sorry if everyone else thinks this is clear, and I'm confusing the issue.
Patrick Dixon;164966 Wrote: > 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.Yes, I > realise that at 100 volume, the squeezebox will pass the digits through without degrading the signal - I am trying to understand the following two points, which to me, seem contradictory (ignoring reduced SNR): "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." and reducing the digital volume will NOT take out information from the original signal, providing the input signal is 16 bit audio and you don't go lower than (IIRC) -35dB Thanks -- 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
