Levels and sound quality

Hi
I have one track in a project which needs taking down quite a bit because it is clipping. Hence I need to take down all of the other tracks by the same amount. Just wondering: will the sound quality of the other tracks diminish in any way by being taken down? Put another way, is there any sound quality advantage in having a track at a higher level than at a lower level?

See also:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2114225&tstart=50
+Excellent comprehensive explanation by Bee Jay about the practical and theoretical ins and outs and do's and don'ts of 24 bit recording and 32 point floating point mixing.+

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