Re: A good solution?

["Dan Dugan" dandugan_1999]

> wrote:
>  >
>>  To my knowledge, the best A/D converters chips that are currently
>>  available provide a dynamic range of up to about 123 dB (broad-band
>  > rms): http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/akm/en/product/ak5394a/ak5394a.html

Yep, and that's a bit-depth of between 20 and 21 bits. Nobody can
really convert a signal at 24 bits, the lower bits are just noise.

It may not be possible to convert all 24 bits, but a channel with a
20-21 bit depth can be 27 dB quieter than a 16-bit channel, and
therefore "24 bit" encoding is worthwhile.

-Dan Dugan