> Graham Macdougall wrote:
>
> My 10 year old Pioneer PD-91 has 18 bit DACs <snip> On my 920 I get very
> brash
> recordings <snip> On the 16 bit setting, the 18 bit steam must be
> truncated.
>
This must be the 18 bit steam coming out of my ears.
The original CD is coded 16 bit, so any bits added by the player
have been made up by guessology. For all I know, the "brash" recording may
be TRUER to the original, after all, our ears seem to prefer a little
harmonic distortion. More likely, there is no difference, but we humans are
highly suggestible, so if we expect a difference, we get one.
> > [Clay Voris] is there any advantage with this setup in having the input
> bit length set to anything other than 16 bits?
>
Yes. Those bigger numbers make you feel SO much better.
simon
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