drmatt wrote: > Well, in my case I have an external DAC so I want the original bits off > the CD sent to it at 44k/16b. The volume and replaygain are applied > within this precision and are audible.
So you have a 16-bit DAC that does the volume processing at 16 bits? Must be a really old one. If it is done in software, it is done at a precision greater than 16 bits and then rounded/truncated back to 16 bits, so you don't "lose" any precision. > If your assumption of it being processed at 24 bit is true or you're > using the analogue outputs anyway then fair enough the difference will > be marginal. Not just marginal but more importantly inaudible. > But the question was about audiophile comparisons, so fair comment, no? Only if "audiophile" means "anything is possible" (which it often does). :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105484 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
