| If you take the time to match up levels for a listening test, it's amazing that people even go near the top few dB. of most converters.
Yes, some of the high-end converters that have a big honkin' power supply and an analog stage before the A to D chip that has tons of headroom sound ok when occasionally clipped. The sound of A to D chips clipping under these specific circumstances shouldn't be confused with the sound of the cheap opamps found in most digital gear running out of steam.
Mastering is about listening very carefully and not about mindless formulas involving clipping or signal processing. |