Quote Originally Posted by maxg
I was hoping someone technical would answer my question which was:

"If I have understood what you are saying there are 65,535 different possible values a given point on a waveform can have within a range of 0(?) - 22,000 Hz on a CD. This implies to me that the accuracy of the representation of that waveform is limited.

This would mean that for 96KHz with a 16 bit word the accuracy of the representation of the waveform would be worse as the range is now 96,000/2 or 48 KHz to be represented with the same 65,535 possible values.

However if we use a 24 bit word (with 16,777,215 possible values) the accuracy of the representation of the waveform is higher.

Correct? Or am I a mile off base again?"

Anyone???

Not quite. The 65,535 points represent volume, that's all. The sampling rate determines the maximum frequency response, that's all.

In the case of volume, that number represents the 16 bit word, which equates to a dynamic volume range of 96dB. Add 6dB more per bit and 24 bit becomes 144dB theoretically, except that you run into the thermal noise floor first.

-Bruce