mashley;629578 Wrote: > When listening to Pandora on my Transporter via mysqueezebox.com > If I have a look at the the song details, just above the "bitrate" and > "file format" there is a display named "volume adjustment" usually it's > saying something like -4.4db sometimes it'll say -1.2db it changes from > song to song. > > I'm kind of concerned because turning the volume down digitally via the > controller truncates bits, so is this compressing/degrading the audio > stream in a similar way?
For all of the reasons stated above, you are worrying unnecessarily. 1) 24-bit digital level control does not destructively "truncate bits" and sounds fine, even at large levels of attenuation 2) Pandora is low quality anyway -- 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) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87524 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
