Disclaimer: I may be over simplifying things a bit for the sake of clarity
Yes I know an odd title but here's the issue that I'm trying to resolve: An orchestra is recorded while playing a symphony and the dynamic range of the performance is a maximum of 65 db above the noise floor - so if the noise floor is at 30db then the maximum dynamic range required to record the performance without distortion at the peak volume would be 95 db (30db + 65 db). The maximum dynamic range of a 16 bit file is 96 db and that of 24 bit is 144 db So how does placing the above symphony recording into a 24 bit file versus a 16 bit file increase the dynamic range of the recording? Okay so I realize that putting the above symphony recording into a 24 bit file does not actually increase the inherent dynamic range of the recording and this the point I'm trying to make. To put it another way, I don't believe that any listening tests, either double blind or sighted, are even need to determine if this is true since it is just a purely mathematical function - increasing the bit depth of a digital audio recording cannot and does not increase the dynamic range of the music contained in the digital audio file. I like to think of the whole thing using an envelope analogy - the recording of the performance would be a letter on an 8 1/2" X 11" piece of paper with the 16 bit file being a 9" X 12" envelope and the 24 bit file being an 11" X 14" envelope - the letter nicely fits into both envelopes however the size of the letter remains the same. Am I missing something or is the whole 16 bit versus 24 bit for a fully edited and mixed recording just another completely false marketing claim? Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
