It'd be great to get respected persons opinions on this issue. For as many things we have to worry about, it'd be nice to not have to spend a day or two comparing the various dithers out on the market.
(Wouldn't it be great if there was some trade secret like use the Pow-r #3 dither plug-in followed by a notch EQ -12dB @ 2k for the best sounding 16 bit preservation of 24 bit recordings on planet.)
Which one is most accurate?
Which one works best for what kind of music?
Which one was used the most on commercially released recordings?
Can you even tell a difference on a recording that is loud for the whole song?
It'd be nice to know what the diff between Pow-r/UV22/Cranesong/stock Digi/etc.?
Perhaps this is a topic for a mastering forum. I asked a ME about it once and his response was it really didn't matter unless you are doing wide dynamic classical or jazz recordings. That makes sense, since most of the work done today is at full scale digital from the top of the song to the tail.
Sorry to hijack the original question Analog, maybe we'll both get our questions answered and I can give you the Cliff Notes version.