24 v. 32 bit files from clients?

[oldeanalogueguy]

Originally Posted by Cellotron

32bit files offer no real advantage to me over 24bit. Any difference between the two is way below the noise floor, and if you are outputting to an analog process chain - pretty much every DAC converts this to 24bit fixed point in order to be able to output it - plus real world performance of even the best DAC out there is really only 22bits.

So 32bit float files generally represent just bigger file sizes for no actual sonic benefit. However I accept these without a problem as I just want clients to be able to send in whatever format is convenient for them.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

you dont use 32 bits for noise reasons
there are many other benefits to doing it