cliveb;588972 Wrote: > Standard audiophile mumbo-jumbo *including* the part about volume > control. > > If you set the gain staging correctly, the only degradation to using a > modest amount of digital attenuation on redbook sources is a reduction > in S/N ratio. And since the intrinsic noise floor of the Transporter is > *way* below the noise floor of any music recording, that's entirely > academic. > > (On 24 bit sources, you also lose a bit of resolution in the LSB. But > since the bottom few bits of all 24 bit recordings is noise, that's > also academic).
I stand corrected, however I did say "for best results":) -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83162 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
