Reference:
AES Convention Paper 5534
Presented at the 112th Convention
2002 May 10-13 Munich, Germany
Equalisation for Archival Transfer: In the
Analogue or Digital Domain? S.W. Davies
See page 3: under "Disadvantages" [of equalisation in the
digital domain]:
"There may be a bit penalty to allow for headroom in the
A/D conversion. For instance, taking the RIAA curve there
is a lift of nearly 20 dB at 20 kHz so that the transfer
level would have to be reduced by this amount which implies
the loss of 4 bits compared with analogue equalisation.
Low frequency boost could carry a 3 or 4 bit penalty."
Eric Jacobs
The Audio Archive, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Fred Thal
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:26 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Disc EQ in the digital domain
Hello Eric,
> Transfering FLAT will cost you about 6-7 bits of dynamic
> range - an audible loss. EQ in the digital domain will not
> recover that lost dynamic range.
Can you describe the mechanism by which the dynamic range is lost in
this process? Or can you point me to any relevant literature that
fully explains this?
Thanks in advance.
Fred Thal
ATAE / Audio Transfer Laboratory
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