Just received my ARC USB- totally great product- thanks RME!
I looked at the block schematic of my FF800 to see where the main volume is actiually leveled. It's after the "Total Mix" block and before the DAC. I reduced the input gain on my active monitors already to min (-15db) and still my mastergain strip in Total Mix is around -40db for my actual listening loudness.
I was just calculating- while listening to 16bit audio with a 40dbfs attenuation before the DAC- does that mean I'm listening to audio with at a resolution of ~9bit? (taking 6dba dynamic range equaling 1 bit resolution depth)
It doesn't sound bad at all, but maybe there's a smarter way to set up my monitoring...
Thanks in advance, Axel