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

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

JB,

No you are right 24 bits is a lot better. What I'm saying is that 24 bit
converter give you about 20-21 bits of real audio. 20-21 bits is
considerably better than 16 bits. Let's take the 6 db per bit rule and look
at reality. Ideally a 16 bit converter will give you an ideal 96 db of
signal and 24 bit 144 db. In the real world most prosumer 16 bit converters
give about 85-92 db of signal. For a 24 bit prosumer converter it is
typically around 90-105 db of signal. Some even claim 110 to 115 db. And yes
those bits make a big diffence in audio quality.

Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of jbv
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:49 AM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Taking a Step towards Digital Synthesis?....
>
>
> >
> > 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
>