On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 11:56 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
'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.