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Old 26th March 2008   #77
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Originally Posted by grandmasters View Post
hmmm i think too much thought is being put into this. what is clipping converters? are we talking what you hear or what you see? if it's what you see then every converter interprets 'over' differently. My dCS will not say 'over' at what the Lavry will, yet I don't hear it on either. There is either distortion or there is not... and even if there is distortion... it can still be ok. Its always depends on the program material.
Agreed. You guys are over thinking it, just try it and see if it works. And yes, clipping converters certainly doesn't work on all types of music/mixes.

And to macc, all converters do clip differently, probably because of the quality of the chip and the analog stages. Thats part of the appeal of the Lavry Gold/Pacific Microsonics Model 2 A/D is that you can get a lot more level out of them without hearing distortion.
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