2. Re: 24 bit vs 16 bit recordings

["stoatwizard" stoatwizard]

> the (ugly) quantization noise
> > of the 16 bit format.
>
> The vast majority of people do not find CD quality "ugly"
>
> Maybe folks need some perspective and some restraint in use of such
> terms....

I think the perspective is needed right here :) saying the quanitzation
noise is ugly is not the same thing as saying CD quality is ugly.
Quantization noise is ugly - which is why if the original recording has
a particularly low noise floor dither is added to remove the structure.
Raimund is saying that in nature recording the natural noise floor is
sufficiently high that the process of adding dither is not needed to
eliminate the ugly quantization noise as the noise level is higher than
the dither would be. Nowhere do I read him stating or inferring "CD
quality is ugly"