RE: Bits and digital attenuation

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In Reply to: RE: Bits and digital attenuation posted by Roseval on July 22, 2014 at 02:04:00:

So lets say its Audirvana and its playing back a 16bit file to a 16 bit DAC.

Where it says 32Bit/44.1kHz output, is it creating an additional 16 bits of data ?

The DAC chip can only process 16Bits and truncate any additional, so the question is, any reason why those extra 16bits cant be used for digital attenuation?

I guess it all comes back to whether 32/44.1kHz actually means its outputting 32bit word length from a 16Bit source.

Any ideas?.

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Topic - Bits and digital attenuation - shane. 22:06:28 07/21/14 (6)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - Roseval 02:04:00 07/22/14 (5)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - shane. 07/22/1417:14:09 07/22/14 (2)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - Tony Lauck 18:33:08 07/22/14 (1)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - shane. 20:02:32 07/22/14 (0)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - b.l.zeebub 05:48:09 07/22/14 (1)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - Roseval 06:25:17 07/22/14 (0)

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RE: Bits and digital attenuation - shane. 07/22/1417:14:09 07/22/14 (2)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - Tony Lauck 18:33:08 07/22/14 (1)

RE: Bits and digital attenuation - shane. 20:02:32 07/22/14 (0)

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