The most common claim you’ll hear when it comes to 32-bit float audio is that it removes the need to ever set levels, where you make sure the audio isn't peaking and distorting.

A new format, called 32-bit float in audio circles, encodes audio in an IEEE-754 standard single precision format: 1 bit for positive or negative; 8 bit exponent; and 23 bit fraction.

32-Bit float graphic (Image credit: Frank Beacham) Do not confuse 32-bit float recording with the old “auto gain” setting found on most traditional audio recorders. The artifacts produced by auto gain ...

How the move towards 32-bit recording at Sound Devices gives audio professionals an essentially infinite dynamic range to play with.

Spotify is now rolling out lossless, 24-bit audio quality four years after initially promising it, but it won't cost extra.

San Jose, CA — AKM Semiconductor has launched the AK4390, a high performance 32-bit stereo DAC for professional and high-end audio applications. The AK4390 is the newest member of the Audio4pro ...

Are you getting big into your lossless audio, but you don't know what bit depth is? Or how it relates to sampling rate? Don't worry: we've got you.

The AK4397 32-bit 192-kHz audio DAC for professional and top-of-the-line consumer audio equipment features full 32-bit processing for the audio interface, a linear-phase digital filter and delta-sigma ...

Sonos enables first 24-bit streaming audio support with Qobuz Streaming provider Qobuz is the first hi-res service supported by Sonos, beating Tidal to the punch.

Sort of. Apple The new second-gen HomePod, which Apple released in January, can stream lossless 24-bit/48kHz audio directly from Apple Music, using its own Wi-Fi connection to the internet.

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