| 摘要 |
A method and apparatus well suited for the conversion of a digitized audio signal into analog form with as wide a dynamic range as possible. A digital dither signal is added to a digital audio or like data signal to provide a digital data/dither signal. This digital data/dither signal and the digital dither signal are both converted into an analog data/dither signal and an analog dither signal respectively, and the analog dither signal is subtracted from the analog data/dither signal to obtain an analog data signal equivalent to the digital data signal. The level of the incoming digital data signal may be so high that when the digital dither signal is added thereto, the total level of the data/dither signal may exceed the capacity of the digital to analog converter in use. In that case the digital dither signal is either gated off or reduced in level, with the result that the digital to analog converter inputs either the data signal only or the data/dither signal having a total level not exceeding its capacity. |
