@Atmasphere
I don't follow. Why doesn't it work like that? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I just don't see what you're trying to get at. We agree that detail that was at 30dB before the volumen was turned down is at the very threshold of hearing afterwards, and that the detail that was between 0 and 30 dB is no longer audible, right?
@Georgelofi: Thanks for that subjective description of the effect. Do you mean "bit stripping"? Googling "bit striping" only gives me a bunch of pages on RAID. I'm aware that as you lower the digital volume you are losing some of the least significant bits.
I don't follow. Why doesn't it work like that? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I just don't see what you're trying to get at. We agree that detail that was at 30dB before the volumen was turned down is at the very threshold of hearing afterwards, and that the detail that was between 0 and 30 dB is no longer audible, right?
@Georgelofi: Thanks for that subjective description of the effect. Do you mean "bit stripping"? Googling "bit striping" only gives me a bunch of pages on RAID. I'm aware that as you lower the digital volume you are losing some of the least significant bits.