This probably has more to do with the clip detection than much else. I have an old sony pre-amp (home theater) switcher which I run the digital optical out to and don't see any clip indicator while playing normal music at either vol. 40 or fixed out level (should be the same thing). Certain devices detect clipping differently. A Yamaha EQ that I've used before would show clipping whenever a singular 0dBFS (full scale) value sample occured. So it would show clipping on the test tone from the SB. Programs like Sound Forge will only show clipping when two or more consecutive 0dBFS samples occur. Minor clipping isn't that big of a deal (my opinion), lots of mastered music has pushed into digital clipping, but it is really only audible after pushing it a bit too hard. The problem might also be your source material having been mastered too hot. Someone suggested playing the same file back on a CD player digitally, this is a good comparison point.
My suggestion would be to make the EQ flat on the Behringer and then see if clipping with the test tone still exists on the output. If it does, lower the output level by 1 or 2dB, if it still exists, you have gain that's not accounted for. -- verbatone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ verbatone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3556 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21974 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
