Kellen wrote: > And many of my thanks go out to you, Archimago. > > I did the loopbacks test and got each of noise and dynamic range @ > -112db. My thinking is this reading is the best the EMU can perform at, > no? If so, how can it show my Touch testings @ -130db as it does? Is it > a guess work on the EMUs part? Should I only be satisfied with tests on > gears no better than -112db?
Yes, that -112dB is essentially the limits of the EMU. Remember though that this is through the whole 20-20kHz range and that the device is better (probably about -120dB) from 100Hz-10kHz which covers the frequencies our ears are most sensitive to as per Fletcher-Munson data. Should we be satisfied with -112dB noise floor? IMO... Yeah :-). I'd love to hear a piece of recorded music needing >100dB dynamic range, and none of my friends seem to listen in their home anechoic chamber! You should try running that Touch measurement again. No way it can do -130dB from 20-20kHz. If you're measuring the analogue output, you should be getting about -105dB with 24-bit audio. This correlates nicely with what John Atkinson got in the Stereophile measurements using much more expensive pro equipment. Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
