Owner`s manual

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In answering the second question, consider the fact that music is often
compressed or amplified after it is recorded, and that some headroom is
necessary when recording to avoid clipping. The only way that 96dB would
be adequate is if all music were recorded so that the peaks were just under
full-scale and no compressing or amplification was going to be applied after
recording. Any time recorded music is amplified, so is the noise at the low
end. Mia has enough dynamic range to allow sufficient headroom and post-
processing to be applied while still keeping the noise either off the CD
completely or down as far as possible.