<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Martijn van Beurden <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mvanb1@gmail.com" target="_blank">mvanb1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">> * This is nuts. 24 bits has a dynamic range of ~140dB which is roughly<br>
> the difference between a quiet whisper in a quiet room, to the sound<br>
> of a jet engine at 10 meters. Surely that is enough?<br>
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</span>Yes, this is nuts. First, 24-bit is already overkill, as there<br>
is no hardware (ADC or DAC) that can handle more than 120dB of<br>
dynamic range anyway. There probably never will be hardware that<br>
can handle the full 24 bits, because at this point that hardware<br>
is already pushing the boundary of thermal noise. Second, most<br>
32-bit material is 32-bit float, and that is something the FLAC<br>
format can't handle. I really wonder why anyone would have<br>
32-bit integer material anyway.</blockquote></div><br>I second that...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Pierre-Yves</div><div><a href="http://www.mjuware.com">http://www.mjuware.com</a>, home of FlacNetLib</div></div></div></div>
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