[arch-general] OT: [arch-dev-public] polkit package upgrade patch

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2012-08-12 at 18:02 +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> The second case, where the total gain should be <0dB, I would have
> thought intuitively that doing this purely in software (especially on
> very faint signals) would be less ideal than doing it in hw (you'd be
> throwing away the resolution, wouldn't you?), but I'll admit that I
> don't have the experience to talk about that with any authority.

It's a common misconception that keeping the level lower than 0dB would
lead to less "resolution". It depends to the sampling rate and bit depth
and less to the level control.