According to Sean's posts on the audiophile forum, the output from an SB is always 24 bit. Assuming (a) the source material is 16-bit lossless and (b) the digital volume is at max, then the output will be the original 16-bits padded with a 0 byte. In any other case (including mp3 source material, non-full volume, RG, etc) the full 24-bits of accuracy will be used. A 16-bit DAC will just ignore the lower byte.
'Wikipedia' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spdif#Protocol_specifications) explains the wire format a little more, it says that SPDIF is designed for 20-bit, can be made to transmit 24-bit, but it's always up to the DAC to take as much resolution as it wants. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25907 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
