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In Reply to: RE: The dithering is from 64-bits to 24-bits posted by Tony Lauck on July 02, 2009 at 10:35:55

We found that going from 64 bits to 24 bits sounded better with rounding than dithering (+/-1 LSB TPDF). I was shocked that I could hear any difference at all, but there you have it. The improvement I heard from rounding instead of dithering did *not* want to make me spend a bunch of time trying different dithering algorithms.

Christine, if you still have the 64 bit master files, you might try it both ways and see what you think. Or even post them on the board and let other people see what they think.

Stereophile has an article on this same topic posted on their website. It was written by Keith Howard a few years ago. He reached the same conclusion, although he was going from 24 bits to 16 bits. That's what had us even try the experiment.
To dither or not to dither -- that is the question... (Open in New Window)

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