cliveb;539812 Wrote: 
> Bottom line: when you turn down the playback volume, the low level
> details drop below the bottom of the audibility envelope. Doesn't
> matter whether you use analogue or digital attenuation. Digital throws
> away the bits you can't hear anymore. Analogue preserves them, but you
> can't hear them anyway.

The bottom line is that when you attenuate digitally more than 10db (as
said here and elsewhere as well), you should better use quality analog
preamp.

using the original test,
I got 96db using Transporter -> Amp, 
and 108db with Transporter->Preamp->Amp


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