Wombat;582341 Wrote: > Not exactly. Many HDCDs just decode to 17bits of audio. Some even to > 17bits but at a peak level below -6dB so they are 16bit technically. > Some use a few bits mor only in some places and very few ones seem to > use more bits all the time. > Being HDCD sometimes only means it was mixed on HDCD capable hardware > and the dithernoise is based on it, not more. > > Edit: wrote that while Phil answered, hope it is something usefull > nonetheless.
Wombat - This is all true - after all, there is only so much information you can overload that bottom half-a-bit with... :-) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82050 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
