jt25741 wrote: > Pat Farrell;262753 Wrote: >> jt25741 wrote: >>> But if you have or plan to have true 24 bit recordings, you may not >>> want to digitally attenuate and start truncating real data bits to >>> preserve fidelity at all listening levels. >> This is impossible. >> As soon as you attenuate the signal, you lose low order bits. About one >> bit per 6dB. >> >> Even if you had 24 bits of signal (which is unlikely) when you turn it >> down by 12dB, you have no more than 22 bits of information. You can use >> a digital attenuator, or a voltage divider or goat cheese, the >> information is lost. > > There was a "not" before want to.
it makes zero difference if you use digital or analogue attenuation. You lose signal when you cut the gain. In simple terms, turn down the volume, lose fidelity. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
