What if we used dB for everything? A small dose of humor / perspective.

[sam_adams]

Or simply disposed of, as redundant data in lossy perceptual encoding algorithms.

I wonder if things would change if we applied dithering . . .

 

[pseudoid]

I wonder if things would change if we applied dithering . . .

Re-dither the dithered?
Make a pole 're-dither or EQ'!

 

[Philbo King]

In the past I've often wondered why nobody makes a DAC or ADC that uses a constant dB step per LSB (such as 0.25 dB) instead of a constant voltage step per LSB.
Then I found out there are codecs that do that, used mostly in telecom.

Probably too late now, considering the voltage/step converters are ubiquitous. I imagine running a standard PCM file through a dB/step DAC would have somewhat disastrous sound.

 

[restorer-john]

I wonder if things would change if we applied dithering . . .

That's an old person's way of doing things.

 

[pseudoid]

That's an old person's way of doing things.

I've never done it; yet I qualify for your remark.
I feel young(er): Thank you!