So with all this back and forth I see that my original "question" (in quotes because I never actually phrased it as a question) of whether or not increasing the bit depth from 16 bit to 24 bit for a recording with only 85db of dynamic range (as in the difference between the quietest and the loudest passages of the audio on the recording) increases the dynamic range of the recording. I very firmly believe that increasing the bit depth has absolutely no effect on the dynamic range of the recording and I stated is just like putting a letter in a bigger envelope, i.e. same size letter just a bigger envelope.
To further elaborate, I feel that 24 bit is being used as a pure marketing term and offers no real benefit to the end user aka consumer. 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
