on 26.11.1997 17:31 Uhr, Martin Saleteg at azeteg@... wrote: >> You forgot, that a floating point number has an exponent to avoid clipping! >> And 24 bits _output_ signal is far enough. > > But, as soon as the exponent has to be used, the noise floor travels up and > down, which is not so good... You won't hear a difference... _true_ >24 bit D/A converters are "rare"... MMM -- Markus Fritze Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH <http://www.emagic.de>; Chief Developer New Technology Integration, MacOS