stealthaxe wrote:
chung wrote in :
ut is hotter.

Then you understand wrong.

it's clear that you don't understand at all.

are you here just to argue with people, or what? you're not even
offering any positive observations here. "you're wrong. this is
incorrect."

geez, put some meat on those bones.

No you don't.

uh, interesting assertion. without even knowing what I'm using, you
know that it has 6 dB more headroom to give?

It does not need 6 dB more headroom to play SACDs, because SACD
players do not give a 6 dB higher output level.

ok, pal. sure. whatever you say.

doesn't matter that i've actually MEASURED it.

On the Pioneer DV-45a universal player, the user
has the option of using 'fixed' or 'variable'
channel levels. The 'variable' slider has
a -/+ 6dB range. The 'fixed' level is equivalent
to setting the 'variable' level to its maximum
(+6dB).

Output of typical music tracks
using the 'fixed' setting
usually overloaded the input of
my soundcard (M-audio 2496 , which has a
nonadjustable peak
analog input signal level of +2 dBV) when the
player analog out was connected
directly to the soundcard. 'Variable'
in its middle setting (0 dB trim or boost)
did not.

This behavior was not specific to SACDs;
it applied to all sources.

My current player, the Yamaha S2500,
has a separate set of adjustable channel level
for SACD sources. The default ("0") setting
clips the 2496 (as does the 'SACD Direct' setting,
which bypasses the channel level adjustments).
Adjusting the SACD output level downward in the
player keeps it from clipping at the soundcard.


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