DaveWr;529349 Wrote: 
> Major apologies brain strain, time of year, age etc.
> 
> The key issue, is that the coefficients for volume reduction have been
> chosen (well for SB3, Duet and Transporter, no idea on Squeezeplay
> stuff) to allow reduction of volume by up to 30 dB, using coefficients
> that are multiples of 1/256.  This means all the top 16 bit values 
> (original sound values) are mapped to new 24 bit values with all values
> exactly fitting in the 24 bits available.  No loss in resolution of 16
> bit data just loss in signal to noise ratio.
> 
> Obviously this only works for original 16 bit data sources.
> 
> Dave

Dave - no problem - all agreed. Thanks for the extra info.


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