adamdea;577763 Wrote: > I was under the impression that freedom to master etc was the reason why > 24 bit recording is worthwhile even if CDs are being produced at 16 > bit. > But you seem to be > saying that 16 bit (downsampled) playback of a 24 bit recording will be > indistinguishable from 24 bit playback. > > No I'm not saying that. It's easy enough for you to try it and see. Get a true "24-bit" recording from somewhere and convert it to 16-bit in Audacity.
Do they now sound the same? Do this with clasical music with quiet passages. Rock music generally won't really show any differences. adamdea;577763 Wrote: > > I agree about the overall dynamic range of the recording signal and the > smallest amplitude signal which can be resolved but remain unpersuaded > that that is determinative of the question of what is the limit at > which one can distinguish a small change in a larger signal. The Stereophile article (which I haven't read) was I thought talking about the effective resolution of the Touch analogue output maxing out at 18 bits? That would imply the noise floor of the analogue stage wipes out the bottom six bits. All I'm saying is I don't think that matters very much. This is all about noise floor, not granularity of resolution. In practice no-one could get to hear the bottom 6 bits anyway, regardless of what is in them. Sure, the noise floor of the Touch is higher than that of my DAC. But when the music is playing, I can't hear that noise... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - 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), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82050 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
