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<blockquote data-quote="adam71" data-source="post: 4574604" data-attributes="member: 549079">For the most part yes 24bit is better but as already stated in this thread it isn&#039;t the only thing to consider.&nbsp; I mean for years Alpine used 1bit converters and I don&#039;t remember anyone complaining about their sound quality.&nbsp; I would consider build quality and features just as much.This is an excerpt from a book called &quot;The Complete Guide to High End Audio&quot; by Robert Harley.The combination of higher sampling rate and longer word length results in greatly improved sound quality.&nbsp; Note, however, that true 20-bit resolution in a digital audio system represents the absolute state-of-the-art.&nbsp; Very few of us have heard real 20-bit resolution, never mind 24-bit.&nbsp; Although DVD-Audio can store 24-bits of information, and some digital-to-analog converters have 24 “rungs” in their resistor ladders, those last four bits do not have sufficient precision to encode musical information.&nbsp; This is a limitation of the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters.&nbsp; The last four bits in a 24-bit digital-to-analog converter are sometimes cynically referred to as “MARKETING BITS” because consumers assume that 24-bits are better than 20.Thats why Denon&#039;s 20 bit Alpha processing was and IS held in such high regard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adam71, post: 4574604, member: 549079"] For the most part yes 24bit is better but as already stated in this thread it isn't the only thing to consider. I mean for years Alpine used 1bit converters and I don't remember anyone complaining about their sound quality. I would consider build quality and features just as much. This is an excerpt from a book called "The Complete Guide to High End Audio" by Robert Harley. [I]The combination of higher sampling rate and longer word length results in greatly improved sound quality. Note, however, that true 20-bit resolution in a digital audio system represents the absolute state-of-the-art. Very few of us have heard real 20-bit resolution, never mind 24-bit. Although DVD-Audio can store 24-bits of information, and some digital-to-analog converters have 24 “rungs” in their resistor ladders, those last four bits do not have sufficient precision to encode musical information. This is a limitation of the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. The last four bits in a 24-bit digital-to-analog converter are sometimes cynically referred to as “MARKETING BITS” because consumers assume that 24-bits are better than 20.[/I] Thats why Denon's 20 bit Alpha processing was and IS held in such high regard. [/QUOTE]

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