QUOTE (phofman @ Feb 21 2013, 03:22) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (bennetng @ Feb 20 2013, 17:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Digital audio need not to convert to integer formats before it reaches DAC or SPDIF.
I am not sure I understand this correctly, but how do you transfer floating point over spdif or which DAC (chip) takes floating point as input?
What I mean is we can change volume in floating point before it reaches DAC and SPDIF. For example, typical DAWs and even freeware like Audacity can change volume and save in floating point. Only in the final stage we need to convert to integer.