| Post 1 made on Thursday May 9, 2013 at 09:26 |
musictoo Active Member |
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| Post 2 made on Thursday May 9, 2013 at 09:40 |
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Analog to Digital converter with Toslink
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| Post 3 made on Thursday May 9, 2013 at 09:43 |
dcci Long Time Member |
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I'm confused - unless I'm mistaken, any output (analog, digital Toslink or digital coax) on a Sonos can be configured as fixed or variable output.
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| Post 4 made on Thursday May 9, 2013 at 09:53 |
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The first thing to recognize is that volume control/variable audio IS possible with a digital output but it usually results in digital information being discarded as the level is lowered. Therefore 99% of digital outputs are fixed.
This is a totally over simplified explanation, but what Sonos does is use a 16 bit signal coming out of a 24 bit output. There is enough digital "headroom" that the point at which information would have been discarded is never reached.
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| OP | Post 5 made on Friday May 10, 2013 at 08:41 |
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I had no idea that the digital output was anything other than fixed. Or even could be. Thanks for the knowledge!
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