NewBuyer;226069 Wrote: > A little digital attenuation might not be a bad thing these days, with > the current trend of recording so close to the 0dbfs level (sometimes > even exceeding it). > > I'm also told that hardware implementations (including recent > upsampling dacs) that natively widen an input S/PDIF signal to 24-bit > during the resampling/upsampling process, don't pass the same 24-bit > input signal that was input - but instead will alter the bits. So send > a 24-bit S/PDIF signal (from say an SB3) into such a device, and those > 24-bits that went in will not be the same 24-bits that will eventually > hit the DAC anyway. What the effect of this might be (if any), was > never explained.
Do you have any more information on this? As previously explained, any differences in the lowest 3-4 bits won't be detectable anyway - but I'd like to know where this story comes from -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38233 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
