Originally posted by: Moth3r
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
I tested a piece of silence between the fox logo and the crawl.
Digital: RMS: -96.0, Peak: -68.0
Analoge: RMS: -96, Peak: -70.3 Hmmm, I would expect the digital peak to be lower than the analogue.
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
When I play the files (between the logo and crawl) and I can clearly see that the -db value is higher for the analoge capture, so it's more silent right?
No, a higher value means more noise. A lower value (by lower, I mean of course "more negative") indicates less noise. I tested a piece of silence between the fox logo and the crawl.
Digital: RMS: -96.0, Peak: -68.0
Analoge: RMS: -96, Peak: -70.3 Hmmm, I would expect the digital peak to be lower than the analogue.
Originally posted by: Arnie.d
When I play the files (between the logo and crawl) and I can clearly see that the -db value is higher for the analoge capture, so it's more silent right?
Could it be that the 'silent piece' is not that silent at all but contains a wide spectrum background noise from the film and recording equipment and also the LD-player, so if/since the digital input has better bandwidth it will simply pick up more of this source noise. In any case I would be surprised if the unweighted signal to noise ratio of the SW movies soundtrack is much better than 65-70dB (higher S/N ratio = lower noise of course).
A digital input should also give less distortion, none if it really is bit-accurate ?