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>> With redbook CDs we have 16 bits sampled at 44,100/second. Converted to single bits that is 44,100 times 16 = 705,600 bits/second. 96/24 would be 96,000 times 24 = 2,304,000--just short of SACD's 2.82 million rate. <<

it's not that simple. You make the incorrect assumption that each bit in the 16-bit and 24-bit word-length is subject to the sampling rate. it is the word-length as a unit that is sampled. . .that's what PCM is all about. you can't just multiply the number of bits in each word-length by the sampling rate to get some sort of "absolute" rate. and anyway, as discussed at AES, DSD is said to have 4- or 8-bit properties, which make this all the more complex.

all that matters is how the formats sound. . .so there you go. i'll leave the engineering to the experts. it's beyond our control anyway.

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