ramicio
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24 bits are 16,777,216 possible values, 16 bits are 65,536. So you suggest that the other 16,711,680 values are all below 96 dB? If things are linear, then each decibel of a 24 bit file can be broken down to 1/116,508. Each decibel in a 16-bit file can be broken down to 1/682. So yes, there is more resolution, and it's not all about dynamic range. I can't stand the view that 16/44.1 is all anyone will ever need, so let's not progress and stay with an ancient format forever. It could be the same view that people can survive without needing computers, and people can live without technology, so why bother with it? People also seem to think there will be no benefit from higher than 16/44.1 if each instrument was only captured in such a "resolution." I find this false and stupid. It would only matter if the song is just that one instrument and nothing else. But you mix other sounds together, how could it not benefit from say 24/192? Everything is just math here. In my mathematical opinion a song is going to sound more natural, and a DAC is going to have to do less work trying to reconstruct a waveform at 24/192 than 16/44.1.