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post #16 of 20
1/26/05 at 8:34pm
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Hmm... AOS had this to say... http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showp...9&postcount=25
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post #17 of 20
1/26/05 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by Zoide
doesn't matter if the DACs are only 24-bit. All the math is being done at 64 bits which means you don't have all the truncating and rounding issues inside the DSP. At the output to the DACs you just round off or dither down to 24 bits.
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post #18 of 20
5/5/11 at 3:26am

My question: Which would degrade sound more (or make the output more bit-imperfect), assuming i'm using asio4all and nuforce HDP dac/amp?

 

a) lowering the foobar volume. 

b) lowering system volume

 

the reason i'm asking is because when i connect my very sensitive westone UM3x to the HDP, the volume become very high far too quickly. Thus, i need to lower the digital volume input somehow so that i have more leeway to adjust the volume pot on the HDP. Now i'm not sure if i should lower foobar volume or system volume.

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post #19 of 20
5/5/11 at 3:51am

wow a 6 year old thread deadhorse.gif.

 

foobar and pc volume control is all digital meaning you reduce the volume you loose bit's , but you can get away with having the volume set to 95% in the pc and foobar without loosing sound quality.

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post #20 of 20
5/5/11 at 4:00am

Both reduce SQ. Better have a steady hand while adjusting analog volume. Don't touch digital settings and leave them at 100%, not 99, not 98, not anything below 100% or SQ will be degraded.

 

Zombie thread? biggrin.gif

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