q66 (q66@blahaj.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2024 20:56:23 JST

@lanodan @vidister @mia the bit depth determines the dynamic range (i.e. difference between loudest and quietest sound), traditionally calculated as `6 * nbits` which for 16 bits amounts to 96dB, but in practice that measurement is wrong and it's a lot more than that

old, but always good reading: https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html