FWIW I agree with everything you’ve said about the importance of noise floors in the signal chain during production, but I don’t see how the point your making is particularly relevant to playback, especially the (digital) pre-DAC leg of the audio path.
FWIW I agree with everything you’ve said about the importance of noise floors in the signal chain during production, but I don’t see how the point your making is particularly relevant to playback, especially the (digital) pre-DAC leg of the audio path.