not saying is irrelevant, but in my case, I use a pre amp to set my
maximum volume, and then use the sq box to adjust slightly for
convenience)
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Ignoring SNR, what is confusing me particularly, is how according to the
statements I've quoted, reducing the volume to a certain point will not
result in losing original information if using a 24 bit DAC, but it
will if using an external 20 bit DAC.
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to converting to anologue, reduces the SNR.
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all 24 bits - so truncating to 20 will loose you some
information.
and
reducing the digital volume will NOT take out information from the
original signal, providing the input signal is 16 bit audio and you
don't go lower than (IIRC) -35dB
Thanks
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If you have ripped a file (say FLAC) from a CD, and then stream it from
the PC to your squeezebox, does the squeezebox receive a 16 bit signal,
and convert it, or does the slimserver stream a 24 bit signal?
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for critical listening.
Dam. My main system has a TAG DAC, and Exposure XIX preamp, to active
speakers. I would follow (1) above, but I have no remote for the
preamp, so I'm doing a mixture of 1 2.
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Triggaaar's
cleaver chap has worked out that you can digitally
reduce the volume to 40 before reducing your signal below 16 bits. The
fact that your external DAC is 20 bit, and the internal DAC is 24 bit,
does not negatively change the principle.
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SNR
would be more noticeable (eg, with the Entech DAC no preamp).
I assume the details of losing dynamic range by digitally reducing the
volume is in the link you posted, so I shall go study.
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Triggaaar's
there?
(I'm not set-up enough to start doing blind tests yet)
Thanks
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