In Reply to: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World posted by tvr2500m on April 15, 2016 at 15:35:57:
If you're reducing bit depth like going to 16-bits from a 24-bit original recording then sure...
Within 24 bits truncation is no problem since no DAC is capable of the last few bits.
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- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Archimago 04/15/1616:13:12 04/15/16 (36)
- It's not academic if you're attenuating in the digital domain - Dave_K 05:37:17 04/18/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 11:32:42 04/16/16 (32)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Archimago 08:31:19 04/17/16 (31)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 11:53:43 04/17/16 (29)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Ugly 13:31:44 04/17/16 (28)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 14:26:34 04/17/16 (27)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Archimago 17:41:35 04/19/16 (15)
- my comment is that it's just not audible anyways - fmak 12:48:34 04/23/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 22:25:05 04/19/16 (13)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 08:49:58 04/20/16 (12)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 23:03:19 04/20/16 (1)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 08:50:30 04/21/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Ugly 20:20:01 04/20/16 (9)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 08:42:09 04/21/16 (5)
- After 15 edits and deletes, maybe this is finally close to what I mean. - Ugly 11:56:41 04/23/16 (4)
- RE: After 15 edits and deletes, maybe this is finally close to what I mean. - Tony Lauck 14:44:37 04/23/16 (3)
- Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Ugly 15:09:29 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Tony Lauck 12:10:22 04/26/16 (1)
- RE: Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Ugly 21:09:25 04/26/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 23:28:30 04/20/16 (2)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Ugly 09:13:31 04/21/16 (1)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 09:36:10 04/21/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 23:12:30 04/17/16 (6)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 14:36:22 04/19/16 (1)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 20:22:44 04/19/16 (0)
- supposedly a measurement guy? - fmak 05:46:42 04/18/16 (3)
- RE: supposedly a measurement guy? - Mercman 07:33:55 04/18/16 (2)
- RE: supposedly a measurement guy? - Jaundiced Ear 21:09:05 04/18/16 (0)
- RE: supposedly a measurement guy?have you - fmak 07:56:53 04/18/16 (0)
- rebutting Archimago's claim - fmak 21:47:13 04/17/16 (3)
- Low Level Detail - Mr_Steady 18:19:38 04/19/16 (2)
- RE: Low Level Detail - Tony Lauck 09:30:50 04/20/16 (1)
- RE: Low Level Detail - fmak 06:08:10 04/22/16 (0)
- I don't believe it makes an audible difference - fmak 11:28:03 04/17/16 (0)
- Bob Katz - Roseval 07:28:56 04/16/16 (1)
- RE: Bob Katz - fmak 07:48:43 04/16/16 (0)