cliveb wrote: > But in the context of 16 bit sources and Squeezebox players, the > firmware is carefully arranged to attenuate by discrete steps such that > there is no truncation until you get down to around -35dB or so. (I know > that you already understand this). To add dither in this case would > actually provide a technically inferior result. > > And might I suggest that the most common real-world scenario is playback > of 16 bit sources with less than 35dB of attenuation? So in practical > terms, adding dither to a Squeezebox system is actually making things > worse - not that it will be audibly different, of course. Exactly and with 24bit sources someone can argue about even more theoretical numbers. Several bits below 16bit in a 24bit file doesn't have to do with the music at all.
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