Topic: 24 bit on my car stereo?

[Tye]

  I noticed that my stereo in my Jeep has a 24 bit dac
does this mean that I can play 24 bit with it???

 I thought you couldn't burn 24bit audio discs

I'm cornfused

link to player  > http://www.xplodsony.com/xplod/headunits/CDX-GT500

 This is what is listed in the manual:


24-Bit Burr-Brown DAC

Take your audio to a level of clarity even Bon Jovi would be jealous of.

[Stagger]

If you want 24 playback in your car and you aren't looking to loose and arm and a leg, or various other body parts take a peak at what I have in my ride, I'll post some pics when the snow melts somehat but this gives you an adea.

Deck:  DVA-9860  http://www.alpine-usa.com/en/products/product.php?model=DVA-9860
Amps :various alpline and JL
Front Component speakers Focal  165 V2S
JL prebuilt sub box with W2 driver...

24bit playback for less that a pair of decent home speakers an it ws installed in 1.5 days. No this won't cause a shooting match to see who's ghetto flyer rattles more shelves but my system is solid, tight musicaly satisfying and farily revealing actually.

[JNT]

No this doesn't mean you can play 24 bit material on your cd player.  You would need a dvd player like the one suggested by Thingol. I can give you the full technical explaination but the 24 bit number just deals with the type and quality of DAC.

Joe

[Stagger]

Indeed the Sony is just an upconverting CD player not a 24bit DVD player. I should also note that even in my system I need to burn 24bit files as DVD-V rather than DVD-A to play on the Denon. There have been threads elsewhere speculating on the effect that has on audio quality and I'm not sure of the conculsion. As it is, I typically burn a DVD-A copy for home and a DVD-V copy for the car and the Krell SACD player at work that will play DVD-V (but not -A). I for one can't say enough how much I enjoy having 24bit files in the car. I don't use an Ipod as I really can hear a difference at both home and car between MP3, Red Book, and 24bit and I love having either the whole show on one disc (24/48) or at least the whole sets (24/96) on single discs.

[gewwang]

Most of the Acuras have DVD-A systems standard. I started a thread here about it - http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,74590.0.html

I've had mine 2 months and love it. My only complaint is that there aren't that many DVD-A official releases produced.

[Tye]

Thanks guys
 I didn't think it could play 24bit files I was just confused as to why there would be a 24 Bit DAC. After reading up on it , it now makes sense.  Eventually I will get with the times but for now 16 bit does the trick.