Phil Leigh;226156 Wrote: > OK I'll have a go: > > No, properly implemented digital level control does not compromise or > degrade audio quality in a way that a human being (not a calculator) > can detect, provided that it is used sensibly - i.e.the level is not > attenuated too much. For the SB/TP that means keeping the level within > the 80-100 range and using analogue attenuation to make this your > normal listening range. > > By the way, on the topic of upsamplers altering the bits - ignoring > the 16 v 24 issue - it is possible that the lowest bit may be altered > due to rounding differences - but the lowest bit of 24 is inaudible > anyway!. > One could argue that altering the 16th bit of 16 bit audio is also > inaudible - but there is some debate about this.
Well, OK - but an analogue volume control turned way down is also bad. The point is, there doesn't seem to be ANY real difference between analogue and digital volume controls, even in principle. In both cases there's simply an issue of S/N. Digital rounding errors - at least in the case at hand - are totally irrelevant no matter how much you turn down the volume because they're always less than the noise. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38233 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
