In Reply to: RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World posted by Tony Lauck on April 20, 2016 at 08:49:58:
Where are these "24 bit" digital recordings even coming from?
The best commercially available ADC's I've come across at any price are claiming somewhere in the neighborhood of 120dB dynamic range, maybe a tiny bit higher in some cases. None are anywhere near the 24bit mark that I am aware of.
There is the same problem with playback...where are there DAC's claiming much better than around 130ish dB dynamic range capabilities, tops?
I could see ultra high end analog recording technologies maybe achieving this kind of performance but what digital equipment can do this?
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- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Ugly 04/20/1620:20:01 04/20/16 (9)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 08:42:09 04/21/16 (5)
- After 15 edits and deletes, maybe this is finally close to what I mean. - Ugly 11:56:41 04/23/16 (4)
- RE: After 15 edits and deletes, maybe this is finally close to what I mean. - Tony Lauck 14:44:37 04/23/16 (3)
- Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Ugly 15:09:29 04/25/16 (2)
- RE: Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Tony Lauck 12:10:22 04/26/16 (1)
- RE: Crookwood says 20-30dB into the noise is possible. - Ugly 21:09:25 04/26/16 (0)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Jaundiced Ear 23:28:30 04/20/16 (2)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Ugly 09:13:31 04/21/16 (1)
- RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World - Tony Lauck 09:36:10 04/21/16 (0)