# 44.1 24 bit vs 16 bit **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 1, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/44-1-24-bit-vs-16-bit/96450 "2020-03-01T21:27:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Peter\_Bruderer](https://community.roonlabs.com/user_avatar/community.roonlabs.com/peter_bruderer/32/304015_2.png) [@Peter\_Bruderer](https://community.roonlabs.com/u/Peter_Bruderer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/44-1-24-bit-vs-16-bit/96450/17 "2020-03-03T05:43:28Z")
If you look at your music in your library you can see the dynamic range of all tracks. In my library I have a handful with 27 dB Range. And then it goes down quickly to 10 dB and less. In the other thread mentioned by @Jacques_Distler is a comment from @Peter_Comeau who seems to work in the music industry: > [@Can someone please explain to me why and how a 24bit/44.1kHz file is considered high resolution](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/can-someone-please-explain-to-me-why-and-how-a-24bit-44-1khz-file-is-considered-high-resolution/92109/96): > > the general view of the marketing people is that 40dB is about the right level of dynamic range to offer the customer, even for big, dramatic orchestral works. I quizzed a record executive about this and he said that they get customer complaints along the lines of ‘the quiet bits are too quiet and the loud bits too loud’ if they exceed 45dB dynamic range on a CD! So for me, when I stream I listen to the 24bit one, but to buy I just take the 16bit one. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/44-1-24-bit-vs-16-bit/96450)._