Phil Leigh;544035 Wrote: > Not exactly - with digital attenuation, the noise floor of the recording > does go down but the noise floor of the DAC stays fixed. I think this is > the crux. > I think the noise floor of the recording always swamps that of the DAC. > This is certainly true of any recordings made before 1980, and most > recordings made up to the point when the SONY PCM1 recorder stopped > being state-of-the-art... > > I'd go further and bet that no recordings made until the late 90's > achieved better that an 80dB noise floor.
I can't argue that. But keep in mind every attenuation shift "cost" is relative to what you have. -- mswlogo XP > Cat5 > Transporter/DuetController > SPDIF > Meridian G68 > DSP6000, DSP5500HC, DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF > Meridian DSP5000 XP > Cat5 > DuetReceiver > SPDIF > Meridian G91 > DSP5000 'My Transporter Setup' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=350741&postcount=45) 'Hitch Hikers Guide to Meridian' (http://www.meridianunplugged.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 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
