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RE: 16 bit = 96 dB dynamic range

>>If your max is at 50% (-48 dBFS) the input signal is way to weak. This of >>course won't improve by switching to 24 bit.

By definition a recording is lossless at 16/44. My concern is the lower level recording become lossy. My interest is to create lossless recordings of my analog.

I don't believe there is enough gain to do so on the 16 bit recorder even if I wanted to do so. As I want to preserve the volume relationship between the LPs and it just isn't going to happen unless lossy recordings are permitted with a 16 bit recorder.

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Enter a 24 bit recorder. If I get the 21 bit resolution for the low level files it's not a lossy recording if 16 bits is the definition of lossless. With 24 bits to work with I could actual cut gain back a tick or two and never have a chance of clipping.


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This is actually were I start having doubts if I'm thinking about this practically. Given identical gain why wouldn't I expect recording on the 24 bit recorder to get the exactly the same resolution on the 24 bit recorder - only 13 bits used for a lowest level recordings?

I don't know and before buying a 24 bit recorder I better make sure it can do what I want.




Edits: 05/18/25 05/18/25

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