rgro;540189 Wrote: > Again, my apologies for being stupid, but I find this rather > fascinating. Assuming your example of properly recorded music at 16 > bit---having a DR of 96db......is that 96db something one can measure > with a decibal meter or is that measured via some other methodology?
It's just maths. Each bit = (just over) 6dB... 16x6=96dB (from memory it's actually 98.1dB) A simple explanation can be found here... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_bit_depth The difference between the lowest and highest possible output voltage from a 16-bit dac. Yeah if you had a good enough SPL meter you could also measure it. Good enough ain't cheap... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
