seanadams;243945 Wrote: > One thing to note when doing this kind of math: for lossless formats > (whether FLAC or WMA doesn't matter), as you go from 16 bits to 24 > bits, you can expect your compression ratio to go down substantially. > That is to say, you will get almost no compression to speak of on the > next 8 bits, because they are mostly noise. > > This is not intended as a commentary on the practicality of 24-bit > sampling, only to say that this is what a lossless encoder will "see". > I have not really investigated this myself, but it's what I would > expect.
Interesting comment. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40315 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
