ralphpnj wrote: 
> That may be the correct from technical viewpoint but to me 32 bit files
> are just pure marketing BS.

Definitely. They are basically an unnecessarily complicated way of
storing 24-bit data in a 32-bit container. Floating point makes sense
for data with a widely varying range, but not for well-constrained audio
data.



"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
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