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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 121656" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Fact check, please.I disagree. KindaIf 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.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 121656, member: 30"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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