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RE: TESTS: Round-up of Windows and Mac Audio Players.

Hi,

> Interesting. I'm not familiar with the software but had assumed
> it would be somehow correlated to reality.

It correlates (within the limits of the device used as A2D) quite well with reality, however you must understand how FFT works and how FFT noise floor relates to a single figure SNR.

In other words, you must understand the subject sufficiently and how to interpret the output of the test system. Please read up on "FFT process gain" to understand why an appx. -133dBFS FFT noise floor is only 16 Bit equivalent.

Thor

At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need?


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