darrenyeats wrote: > Julf, for me the money shot is here: > http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1990168&postcount=11 > > It is far from a single cycle in the example given. It's a macro-effect > easily seen even at whole-track scale. It also happens to be one of my > favourite albums, not an extreme outlier I googled or anything. > Darren
OK, I admit - that is definitely a convincing case. The track might not be an outlier, but the DAC is. So yes, if you have a DAC that has absolutely no headroom, then pre-scaling might be a good idea. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
