ralphpnj wrote: > Perhaps a better way to phrase this issue is: > > Do the 16 bit versions of all the recordings currently being released in > a 24 bit versions have the -*actual*- dynamic range of the music > compressed to fit into the 16 bit container? And do the 24 bit versions > offer greater -*actual*- dynamic range?
There is not necessarily any compression going on. All I can tell is that all the 24-bit recordings I have looked at would easily have fit into 16 bits, and I think archimago came to similar conclusions. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
