17 Oct
2006
17 Oct
'06
12:41 p.m.
On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 09:59:10AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 11:56 +0200, Fons Adriaensen
wrote:
It could be. OTOH, most DACs today would upsample and filter before the
real conversion takes place, and could allow for this. But maybe they
don't, and just clip at that point.
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FA
Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.
'THE SAMPLES ARE NOT THE SIGNAL'. The
real peak level of a
signal when converted to the analog domain can be several
dB above that of the highest sample.
indeed. there are people who are coming to believe that this "error" is
responsible for a significant part of the audible difference between
digital and analog playback when the levels in the source material are
high.