<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>Hi Bob,</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><p class="">Ian, it's been a while since I performed this test. I would have
to retest to be sure, but to the best of my recollection, <b class="">the
clipping is ONLY on the repro side and only when converted to
fixed point.</b> Remember that all the codecs (both encode and
decode side) are 32 bit floating point. <br class="">
</p><p class="">If you run an attenuator in the floating point domain after the
decoder, you can fix any over issues which would manifest as
clipping when converted to fixed. Test it yourself. Run Apple's AU
lab with the round trip codec and Bitter placed in critical
places. </p></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>_Very_ interesting information Bob. I will forward this to my Spotify contact right away!</div><br class=""><div class="">All the best,</div><div class="">Eelco</div></body></html>