Skunk;174147 Wrote: > Hmm. Never knew you could set it so. > > The volume on the remote seems like a better choice, or else you're > unnecessarily limiting SNR on albums that don't need attenuation. > > I try to have my analog volume set so that the digital volume ranges > between 85 (clipped/loud cd's) and 100 (properly mastered).
That doesn't work with Inguz - clipping will occur regardless of the SB volume setting. I suppose the reason is the DSP processes the raw file first, so if there's clipping (or simply not enough headroom) it will be exacerbated during the processing. After the processing it goes to the SB DAC, but at that point if it's clipped it's clipped regardless of volume. On the other hand the attentuation setting in Inguz reduces the volume before DSP, thus avoiding any additional clipping there. Actually, can someone explain to me why lowering the SB volume would help with clipping? I guess maybe if the number of sequential maxed out samples is pretty small (let's call that mild clipping) the DAC interpolation could smooth it out if the volume is below max, giving it has some headroom to work with. But if the clipping extends across many samples, I don't see why lowering the volume would help much. Is that right? -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32037 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
