Mnyb;571755 Wrote: > But should not proper DAC's ignore the bits they can't handle . > Is not the spdif standard made that way ? > > IF you keep volume at 100% all the would not the 8 bottom bits be zeros > and they could safely be discarded by 16bit dac's . > > Or is this a never update to spdif ?
You are correct. @100% the bottom 8 LSB's are zero and not relevant / handled identically by a 16 or 24-bit DAC. As for multi-bit...I happen to prefer upsampling + oversampling delta-sigma DAC's for the beneficial (to my ears) changes to the filtering architecture that moves the fold-down artefacts well out of the audible band. Others disagree. -- 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) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables 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=81252 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
