mswlogo;198663 Wrote: 
> But if someone did normalization on a 16bit file you could lose data.
> Where is if was done on 24bit data your unlikely to lose anything.

I think I follow what you're trying to say there, but it does not
apply. The volume function is always 24 bits wide. It doesn't know or
care whether the lower 8 bits are "used", and all 24 bits of output are
meaningful regardless of the input word length.

> Are you saying that even digital volume done on the SPDIF output (i.e.
> replay gain) of a SB3 is effectively done on a 24bit word?

That's exactly right, if you drop the word "effectively". There is no
"effectively". It's precisely the same operation, not merely the same
result. The _input signal_ in either case is precisely the same.


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