Phil Leigh;165422 Wrote: > So Patrick - to (try and) cut a long story short... ... if only.
Phil Leigh;165422 Wrote: > In the SB implementation, if you take a 16-bit file, the SB internally > upsamples to and outputs at 24 bitsErr, that's not upsampling - upsampling is > something completely different! Phil Leigh;165422 Wrote: > ...if those 24 bits are sent to a 20-bit DAC do you lose any information > (at full volume). > > My guess is NO since the original 16 bits are preserved (within the > 20). This is surely the case otherwise the SB would only be "bit > perfect" with 24-bit DACs which is not the case AFAIK.Please see my previous > post - at full volume the bits are passed through unchanged - therefore there can be no loss of information. Phil Leigh;165422 Wrote: > I'm happy with the idea that any lowering of the digital volume > potentially loses information, regardless of bit-depthIt doesn't! (It has > implications on the SNR when the signal is converted back to analogue though.) -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30916 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
