bingcrosby;492179 Wrote: > Thanks guys, it was as I thought. I was worried that the added bits > would head the 16 bits. > > Is the correct interpretation that my DAC gets the full 24 bits, > however that the SNR of the DAC limits the lowest order bits from > actually influencing the resulting analogue waveform? So that the DAC > does a full 24 bit reproduction but then the extra information from the > lowest 4 ish bits is lost in the SNR of the device? > > Cheers.
If the zeroes went to the 8 MSB's, that would be pretty disastrous! Yes, the 24th bit (for example) is at -144dB which is way below the noise floor of all domestic audio equpiment. Not just your DAC analogue output stage, also your amps... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB Touch Beta (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71345 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
