[LAU] digital volume sounds better at 0 dB?

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 03:26:19AM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:

> > Alsamixer reports "dB gain 0.00, 0.00" to -60.00, -60.00 in .5 dB steps.
> > Does that correspond to -120 dB somehow (both channels == 120 dB total)?
> > (i'm a newb at all this)
> 
> No it does not add up that way. Maybe alsamixer is showing wrong
> numbers?! Fons may know more.

I don't :-(. I assume ALSA just uses the upper half of the
range, which makes sense - less than unity gain in the 24-bit
domain also reduces the available range at the output, so it's
not a good idea anyway.

Ciao,

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