On 22-08-08 15:07, James Shatto wrote: > Recording wise 24 bit gives you a greater dynamic sampling range. But > for most people it's not needed for playback as your CDs and DVDs > are already in a 16 bit format. And the benefit on playback is > minimal. Aside from generally being a better soundcard, rather than > from the media that it will be playing. Are you looking for a card > that only does 24 bit? Most that I know of do 16 and 24 bit. And the > only 24 bit media I have is that that I created myself. I can recommend becoming a Neil Young fan. He has released several CDs now with a "bonus" DVD containing the entire album in 96/24 (PCM) :-) Rene. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
