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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Dynamic Range Estimate
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Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 00:56:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 10 00:56:06 1983
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Speaking from experience using the Soundstream digital editing system
with Infinity speakers (I forget which model, they were the bit top of
the lines before the 25000$ ones came out), I will testify that you can
hear the entire 96db of dynamic range.  It was possible to hear the
one-bit "hash" you got at the end of a fade-out, and the speakers could
still handle the cannon shots (at the same volume setting) which peaked
out at very close to the top.  (It produced an amazing amount of cone
travel in the woofers).

In reference to another article, I would prefer to listen to the
Soundstream 16 bit system than the Magnavox(?) 14 bit.  A major failing of
linear encoding is that you have really BIG (relatively) quanta at very
low volume levels.  With a 14 bit encoding, this happens at 4 times
(12db) the volume level.

(The preceding has been my opinion.)

=Spencer