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What's the use of 20 and 24 bit DACs with CDs?

Many standalone players and modern DACs are now using 20 and 24 bit DACs. Is there a significant advantage to doing so with a 16 bit recording? Are these players and DACs doing upsampling on the original 16 bit signal to take advantage of the DAC or are we just looking at extra bandwidth that is being squandered for the sake of advertising? To me, the extra bandwidth doesn't seem to be merited unless there is upsampling or HDCD involved. Opinions?
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jinmtvt
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Sugarbrie: i have to disagree with you on that one..
this is my personal limited thinking but..
i think that we have only 1 life to live..and time passes only once so it is more important HOW you get from A to B then just getting there...isn't that why people here invest soo much money and time on getting what they defines as great sounding equipment ?
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