Leif recently upgraded Breakaway One (I know this is Stereo Tool's forum... please bear with me) to enable a fully 24 bit audio path. This is great, I think, if nothing else than for future capability. In reality, the availability of 24 bit audio is fairly scarce. I think major studios/labels are producing and distributing more and more 24 bit tracks. But I would say over 98% of the available digital music is strictly 16 bit. Given the above (if correct), setting my audio path to 24 bit will likely make little to no difference.
My question is this... What if I start to re-rip my music collection from CD at 24 bit WAV or FLAC? The files will be in a 24 bit format but the audio, ultimately, will still be 16 bit. Would I be actually hurting the music quality doing this? Would I really not be benefiting at all?
Would I damage the music by ripping 16 bit audio to a 24 bit format?
Am I future-proofing here? Does anyone have any insider info to studios/labels producing more 24 bit audio?
Does Stereo Tool Support a 24 bit audio path?
Thanks!
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