On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 21:26 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 20:33 +0200, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: > > I doubt those use 16 bits input. Even low-end hi-fi digital > > recorders support 24 bits, which gives -72dB for the noise and > > starts indeed to be acceptable. But most end-user will simply set > > their system to "CD quality" (or leave it at the default which is > > usually that same 16bits 44kHz, whatever name the app chose to gave > > it). > > The Sony gear I posted does record with 16bit only, it's still used by > professionals and even at Ebay those oldish machines coast >4K$. > > Btw. from my consumer stuff: > > Sony DAT DTC-670 > > Dynamic > 90dB > > AIWA HD-S1 > > Dynamic > 85dB > > I'm missing analog tape saturation, I'm missing the punch of analog > clipping, but the sound quality of 16bit 48KHz isn't missing anything, > even if you record with to less level. For computers digital recordings > can be bad, even with a RME card, as on my machine, this has to do with > the complete chain, resp. chip set of your/my mobo. > > The quality of professional stand alone devices doesn't need more than > 16bit 48KHz. It's not bad in the professional studio and we don't need > to discuss CD and LP quality. > > Lower than 16bit 48KHz is evil at any level. Some chips work better at e.g. 96KHz, it doesn't depend to the KHz, simply to the chip.
