Triggaaar;164680 Wrote: 
> You will be fine, the fact that the external DAC is 20 bit does not
> matter. The squeezebox does not use 8 bits for volume information, but
> it does start with 24 bits, which is 8 more than were on the CD you
> probably started with. You will lose bits when reducing the volume
> digitally, and some 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.

This is completely, 100% wrong. It doesn't matter how many people say
this, it is still wrong.


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