Add note about dither

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 Version 2.7.3 -- Development Version
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 **Bug Fix**
-* The dither algorithm was broken (by me) and also less than ideal anyway. Fixed and improved. More later...
+* The dither code was broken in Shairport Sync and also less than ideal anyway. Fixed and improved. Dither is added whenever you use the software volume control. See http://www.ece.rochester.edu/courses/ECE472/resources/Papers/Lipshitz_1992.pdf for a very influential paper by Lipshitz, Wannamaker and Vanderkooy, 1992. The dither code in Shairport Sync was inherited from Shairport and does not conform to the recommendations in the paper -- specifically the implementation wold give one bit of dither where the paper recommends two bits peak-to-peak. The other thing is that the inherited dither code was actually broken in Shairport Sync. So, the new dither code gives a two bit peak-to-peak dither based on a Triangular Propability Distributing Function (TPDF). It sounds like a very low-level white noise, unmodulated by the audio material. It would be nice if it was even lower, but it's better than listening to the artifacts present when dithering is disabled.
 
 Version 2.7.2 -- Development Version
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