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Re: Noise characteristics of the formats.

The case is different with analogue, because unlike the digital formats, the analogue formats do not cut off the information at the noise floor, or have low resolution at small signal levels, so perhaps you should revisit your theories on why the formats sound different.

Thanks to dither, digital formats DO preserve signal information below the noise floor. When dither is properly applied, quantization noise is additive and uncorrelated, just like analog white noise.

Dave


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