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In Reply to: RE: Yeah, CDs sound great if you overlook a few things... posted by geoffkait on May 18, 2016 at 17:26:05
You again ?
Bit depth too little for good hifi reproduction.
Stated clear at the Audacity site for bit depth, they say that 24 bit only records background noise in addition, so where are the background and harmonics and low level signal's gone at 16 bit ?
I.m.o. CD's are not real Hi-Fi. Too much loss of minor detail.
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Too much loss of detail on CDs? Well, sure, if you're playing your CDs straight out of the jewel box and play them on untweaked electronics. Duh!
So only 32 bit recordings can reproduce minor details's ?
(from Audacity website)
16-Bit
16-bit matches audio CDs, and is thus suited where the better dynamic range and S/N ratio of CD quality audio is required. 16-bit is a good general purpose high quality setting. 16-bit recording is suitable for vinyl records.
24-Bit
24-bit recording may be used for signals that will be manipulated but still need to maintain the full 16-bit quality of CD audio. 24-bit is good for mastering.
If you're merely listening to thousands of pounds of expertly chosen high end audio kit, and not doing large amounts of editing, there may be no real reason to exceed 24-bit depth.
32-Bit
If you want or need the highest standards (for example, operate a recording studio), expect to do a large amount of manipulation of the data before export, and have audio source equipment with an extremely low noise floor, 32-bit recording (which is the default setting in Audacity) will give the best possible quality and avoid the bit depth having any effect on the sound even after heavy manipulation of the audio.
Finding audio sources capable of providing signals with better dynamic range than 24-bit resolution is a demanding task. A 32-bit data stream records 65,000 times the dynamic range of 16-bit CD audio. In real world applications, a lot of those bits will be normally recording nothing but very low level background noise.
Uh, I think we have a bad connection. I never said what you appear to be attributing to me. Not even close. But don't let that stop you. Be my guest.
Edits: 05/22/16
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