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Re: Any major audio improvement in Denon's 3930 over 3910?

Is the LSB attenuated or is it the MSB or is this via DSP/AL24? I don’t think DACs generally have a way to truncate bits! Also will this not result in distortion?

If an implementation did truncate bits, yes you would measure quantization distortion - as if dithering had not been applied. Since every multi-format DSD/PCM DAC handles 24-bit PCM data, it would be simple to implement the attenuation via bit shifting in the digital filter or DSP. Even simpler, use the digital attenuation feature built into most DACs.

Dave


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