What is compressed??


On My Adcom GDV-750 dvd-a player is has the option to compress the analog outputs. What I want to know is it has off up to full. so is off compressed? or is the full setting compressed? and what difference will it make?please help
Thanks
harnellt

Showing 1 response by bgrazman

not familiar with your dvd player, but compression is when you limit the peak to peak height of the waveforms--in other words, there is less difference between loud sounds and soft sounds.

Imagine listening to a piece of music that includes everything from an oboe solo to full orchestrel ffff blast on your car radio. You would constantly be changing the volume... compression takes care of that by making what were loud & soft noises similar in level.

Hope that help,
bgrazman