08-Jun-2022, 21:36
While not being expert in the domain (and hard to know because it is a Devialet property) I think there are a few things here mixed. (I want to believe in that way).
First of all, I am not sure if there is a 32bit recorded audio. Golden standard for digital recording is 24bit 48kHz but there could be some recorded at 24bit 96kHz and I am sure there are some super/uber obsessive ones recorded at 24bit 192kHz. Saying all these, you should take these into account:
1. Finding the hardware that records in 32bit
2. Finding a DAW supports and performs at 32bit
3. Finding all the plugins used for mastering and mixing supports 32bit
Let's assume that song exists (still hard to believe it didn't pass through any 24bit path until now but it is fine), as it stands 24bit audio is capable of 144db dynamic range and 32bit audio is capable of 1528db dynamic range but on the other side, the human ear's dynamic range is around 120 dB at the peak! (assuming you hear 20Hz to 20kHz with no lose!)
Without a matter of 32bits or 24bits and how they are presented, our ears will be limited to way less than 24bits in the best case scenario. Then you can ask, why Devialet is using 40bit internal system and I think that was already discussed in this forum, that 40bit data doesn't need to contain only the song information but more about configurations, real time flags etc to be taken into account.
All in all, I think what should be happening in a dual mono setup is: Source (32bit) -> Devialet USB -> initial internal default conversion to 24bits (enough for our ears) -> Master and Slaves and then both units process the same audio internally. But again, that's what I want to believe and if that's not the case it sounds like faulty design and both channels process different data!
First of all, I am not sure if there is a 32bit recorded audio. Golden standard for digital recording is 24bit 48kHz but there could be some recorded at 24bit 96kHz and I am sure there are some super/uber obsessive ones recorded at 24bit 192kHz. Saying all these, you should take these into account:
1. Finding the hardware that records in 32bit
2. Finding a DAW supports and performs at 32bit
3. Finding all the plugins used for mastering and mixing supports 32bit
Let's assume that song exists (still hard to believe it didn't pass through any 24bit path until now but it is fine), as it stands 24bit audio is capable of 144db dynamic range and 32bit audio is capable of 1528db dynamic range but on the other side, the human ear's dynamic range is around 120 dB at the peak! (assuming you hear 20Hz to 20kHz with no lose!)
Without a matter of 32bits or 24bits and how they are presented, our ears will be limited to way less than 24bits in the best case scenario. Then you can ask, why Devialet is using 40bit internal system and I think that was already discussed in this forum, that 40bit data doesn't need to contain only the song information but more about configurations, real time flags etc to be taken into account.
All in all, I think what should be happening in a dual mono setup is: Source (32bit) -> Devialet USB -> initial internal default conversion to 24bits (enough for our ears) -> Master and Slaves and then both units process the same audio internally. But again, that's what I want to believe and if that's not the case it sounds like faulty design and both channels process different data!
