Hi DitherMan, Thanks for the comprehensive post, there was some new stuff about 20 bit DACs I hadn't seen explained here before. As regards volume controls they have been discussed in some detail before so it would probably be worth browsing the forum archive.
On the specific point of > maximum. Better yet would be an audiophile software option to disable > the SB3 volume control when using SPDIF. Don't mess with the data, just > give me the raw 16 bit samples (with the low order 8 bits set to 0) and > my DAC will take care of them. Even scaling at a maximum coefficient > value of 255 will change the data. This is implemented in 2 forms, a) when at maximum volume then the data is not adjusted at all (ie scale factor is 256 not 255) b) if you're still uncomfortable you can disable the volume control on the digital out. It's a per player setting found at 'Home / Player Settings / Audio'. The setting is labelled 'Digital Volume Control' Malcolm _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
