Jay - atldigi wrote:

At least somebody understands me, but I thought I had already said this
somewhere in the thread. It's those quieter components that you are
getting from the extra bits. The louder components aren't represented
any better. In the end, it can be a more precise and better sounding
recording (provided the source is of a quality to benefit), but it's
because of the little things you can now record, not that the big ones
are better.

See, you are in full agreement with Arny. It just depends on whether
you're thinking of the music as a collection of sounds or one big
sound. As a collection of sounds, your extra bits are only revealing
the quiet ones; the loud components were already represented by 16
bits. But when you step back and listen to the whole thing, what that
MEANS is greater detail in the music, even where it's loud.


ulysses