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Appendix 2 – Hints on Mastering 47

518 User Guide

dynamic range is extended. Implicit in this theory is the fact that the digital

channel has near-infinite differential linearity, i.e. each bit has a magnitude

precisely twice or half the magnitude of the next.

When this signal is applied to a D/A converter some problems may arise.

First the D/A process may be associated with an oversampling digital

filter. Commonly these parts take no precautions with regard to dither and

introduce a quantisation noise-floor themselves at the approximate level

of the LSB in the filter, thereby obliterating lower-level information in the

signal. Secondly the D/A converter will not have perfect differential

linearity – there is no longer any reason why successive bits will maintain

a precise 2:1 ratio. The effect of this is also equivalent to quantisation at

the linearity level of the converter.

In summary therefore, the wide subjective dynamic range inherent in the

recording cannot be reproduced unless the replay D/A system has both a

word-size (in terms of associated oversampling filters) and a differential

linearity equivalent to the original material, which in this example was 20

bit. The result would be further improved by the correct use of dither and

noise-shaping in the digital filter.

That a subjective channel dynamic range of approaching 20 bit can be

conveyed on a 16 bit channel is quite remarkable. On reflection, it should

not be surprising that to realise this benefit, both the A/D and D/A sub-

systems must have the required 20-bit precision.

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