16 vs 24 bit converters and HA Audio quality,

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I don’t have a good enough understanding to explain it adequately, but I think it has to do with compression. Soft sounds are amplified much more than loud sounds and the amplification varies depending on the frequency. It’s beneficial for understanding speech, but not for enjoying music. Better is likely a good set of headphones. There are others who can do a much better job of explaining.

@bob_h

Actually, I pretty much agree. 16 bit should be adequate, and I also have my suspicions that 24 bit may be as much of a marketing point as an engineering essential. There are likely other areas that are more important to good quality sound out of HA’s.

I am puzzled though by the number of posters who are convinced that their digital HA’s aren’t very good at music. Is there some specific weak link, or have they just not spent enough time on this? From the technology, it seems like that should be easy with digital.

My own experience so far has been great for speech, less than satisfactory for music, but as I said below, I’m still hopefull! (they’re 16 bit devices, but I doubt that’s significant!)