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RE: To Dither or Not to Dither? J. River/PonoMusic World

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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