[sdiy] Good 16 bits A/D choice for mono audio recording

[Colin f]

> I need to build a remote circuit that
> will be installed in a remote forest region in Canada. It 
> will be similar to a datalogger type of application but the 
> unit will record mono audio 16bits/44ksample sec. for a 
> specified amount of time in a SD memory card.
> The audio data will then be downloaded via cellular modem.

If you're trying to answer the old "if a tree falls in a forest, and no-one
is there" question, I'm afraid the presence of an audio recording data
logger counts as someone being there, though the noise isn't actually made
until someone listens to the recording.

Cheers,
Colin f