DCtoDaylight;423131 Wrote: > No.... This 6dB per bit stuff, is about all linear encoding. Every > additional bit of information, buy's you an extra 6dB of signal to noise > ratio. That's why 16 bit CD's have a maximum potential SNR of 96 dB, > while 24 bit audio has a maximum of 144 dB. > > If you want to argue that you can't achieve 96, let alone 144, or that > you don't need 96 (let alone 144), that's another story, but the 6dB/bit > SNR improvement applies equally to 8 bit recordings, 16 bit recordings, > 24 bit recordings, etc etc etc.
You mean dynamic range? - the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds that can be resolved the Dynamic range is 6.02dB per bit, whereas the SNR is approx 7.78dB/bit. Anyway that's all mostly academic, isn't the point of 24-bit level control that rounding errors in the 16th bit are just about audible, whereas they aren't in the 17th-24th bits? (oh and of course there's much more precision to be had with 17m discrete levels available vs 65k) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63131 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
