xabu
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^ Precisely.
xabu, here are some files I created to play around with: (all 16 bit, 44.1 kHz)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hy4n6e9cg1jt7s0 - 100, 1k and 10 kHz sine at below -80 dB
http://www.mediafire.com/?zq8t1ovnx7dn4q1 - the same, but below -100 dB
As mentioned before, dithering (1 of the 16 bits) was used to keep the noise floor down. And there are a lot of options to shape that noise to make it less audible than white noise.
Also (try to) listen to those files.
I don't know what you did expect ... there is a tone audible for sure in both files.
What was it you wanted to state?
That 16 bit is enough to store this low tones?
... sure it's enough to store "some" value ...
Example:
If youd had only 9 possible values at hand to store something in a range from 0 - 60 (just some mathematical example, whatever these values represent doesen't matter they are just integers) and let's say these 9 possible values were 0, 8, 15, 23, 31, 49, 46, 54, 60. If you needed to store the value 44 it would be stored as 46.