MN>   twenty years.  It kills me all these guys buying Hard drives thinking
 MN>   that 16 bit will be standard for Pro and that they can continue to get
 MN>   pro production  using 16 bit when there is an audible obvious
 MN>   difference in the sound quality of 24 bit.
The 16 bit now commonly being sold is straight PCM.  Until very recently it 
was often companded, resulting in recoding losses on multiple passes.  
Plain and simple, cheaper and larger drives allowed dumping the companding.  
More of the same, plus cheaper electronics, allow higher resolution from 
wider data paths and words to become more prolific.  
Once we exceed the quality of a best case transducer limit (human with golden 
ears) PLUS headroom for editting losses, that race will end and revert to 
price and features alone.  
Terry
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