[sdiy] Taking a Step towards Digital Synthesis?....

[jbv]

>
> The reality is that most of the 24 bit/96 kHz stuff is marketing garbage.
> The limit of converters making real audio is about 20-21 bits. After that
> those 3-4 bits are down in the noise and aren't really there. But there is a
> major difference in sound quality between 16 bit and 24 bit converters.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought (I've been told or read
somewhere) that 24 bits offered the benefits of providing a better
resolution for low-level signals and lowering the quantization noise
for such signals...

JB