Re: Fact check, please.
I disagree. Kinda
If talking about analog crossovers-I would agree-but with digital it is different.
By turning down the amp-you not only reduce the gain (same as turning down the level on the crossover), but you also reduce the system noise by the same amount.
In a DSP (in most cases) reducing the output level by a couple of dB still leaves the D/A converters in the line-which can add to the noise.
The noise is a system is most evident in horn drivers (due to the higher sensitivity)-so turning down the amp can also reduce the noise by the same amount-which does not get done by reducing the level on the DSP.
The overall tonality would be the same in either case.
Yes a dB is a dB and that is one of the beautiful things about the dB-that was started in place decades before any of us were born.
The ancients did a lot to make our life easier.
