Volume control

[Urs]

At the moment I control the volume on the audio interface with the monitor volume control.
Does a monitor controller have any advantages in terms of sound quality?
Thanks
Urs

 

[rob aylestone]

None at all. Just convenience and perhaps easier to repeat if you constantly fiddle with levels.

 

[Urs]

On the SPL webpage:
"If the volume is controlled digitally, for example in the DA-converter, the bit resolution decreases with decreasing volume with one bit per -6dB. Usually we listen with about -30 dB at full volume, which decreases the bit resolution by 5 dB".

I doubt whether something like this is still audible.

I would like to hear your opinion on this

 

[Hmrc]

Frequently in the audio chains "less is more".