Timothy Stockman;307558 Wrote: > And of course the noise level of the source, which is likely > substantially higher than the DAC. Of course, there's the argument > that the noise level is a broadband measurement, and that it doesn't > completely mask low level events such as reverb tails, etc. But still, > with 24 bits of precision, there's still a lot of "fudge factor" to keep > the quantization distortion which occurs as a result of the simple > volume adjustment pretty much inaudible at reasonable attenuation.
I think the statement is stronger than that. Even with a powerful stereo system playing at full volume, -144dB is about 15-20dB below the most optimistic thresholds for human hearing (that's the threshold for hearing a pure tone in an otherwise absolutely silent room). So even if the volume quantization distortion isn't broadband it cannot possibly be audible. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
