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RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World

Peak SPLs measured in the front portion (e.g. row 10) of a concert hall during performance of Mahler symphonies have been measured at 122 dB. The quietest sound that one can hear is limited by the ambient noise, and if the hall has a quiet HVAC system the level in the critical range of 1 - 8 kHz will be very low. This is where the dynamic range requirement comes from.

If you want to experience the same sound as at a live concert you will want to be able to hear sounds like bows hitting music stands and page turns. If you are interested in a mid-fi experience, this may not be of any interest.

Most hall noise occurs at low frequencies and can be at moderately loud levels due to the F.M. curves. Audience noise, and other annoying events are not continuous and won't mask sonic effects when they are not present.

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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