Phil Leigh;225999 Wrote: > I'm not quite sure who these "experts" are that you refer to, but I'd > take more notice of the fact that some of the nicest setups in use on > this forum are using a TP directly into active speakers such as > ATC100's. These are very revealing setups. Clearly the "experts" are > wrong (yet again) because these folks are using the digital volume > control and seem quite happy. > > Of course 16 bit uses all 16 bits all the time and 24 bit uses all 24. > Digital level control at 16-bit is a crude device... however, the SB, > TP and any decent digital gear will upgrade an incoming 16 bit signal > to 24 bit before applying level adjustment. As the designer of the > SB/TP - Sean - pointed out in an a recent post, the TP can resolve to > 21 bits, beyond which is random noise. > > Applying digital level adjustment to a 24-bit signal (native or > upgraded from 16-bit) is fine. It works. Try it and see. This is not > about maths, it's about music. > > You really ought to take a trip to a studio sometime - it would be an > eye-opener...all the levels are being manipulated digitally nowadays - > and that's before you ever get to hear it. So that great sounding vocal > or guitar or whatever will already have had its level adjusted in this > manner. If it was really the musically destructive process that the > experts claim, people woudn't use it ! > > > If I had no pre-amp I'd be very happy to use attenuators to set the max > level approximately and then use the digital level control to adjust to > taste. Very Happy.
The experts are here http://extra.benchmarkmedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page I think they are making reference to finished recordings. CD, DVD, Computer Audio Playback - wav, flac...not during the acutal producing of the master tapes. Some prefer analog volume control in studio too, i think(not being in a studio). You are quiet right regarding digital volumecontrol in studio. For the most of them. It is measureable mathematically that analog is better on the finished product. That said, i am bad in math(thats why i am refering to experts). I am using SB3 directly in to Quad 12l Active and are quiet happy my self, listening to music. I will use analog volume control later. -- eiret ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eiret's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11521 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38233 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
