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So a 16-bit 44.1KHz
Red Book CD has 28,901,376 potential sampling points each second (44,100 x 65,536). ... This means 20-bit 96KHz recordings have roughly 33 times the resolution of a 16-bit 44.1KHz recording and a 24-bit 192KHz recording has roughly 256 time the resolution of a 16-bit 44.1KHz recording.