Depends on the kind of audiophile you're talking about I guess. I think the easily identified difference shows that 8bit just isn't enough, and audiophiles that

Depends on the kind of audiophile you're talking about I guess. I think the easily identified difference shows that 8bit just isn't enough, and audiophiles that say bit depth matters are validated. But 24bit just isn't necessary for consumer audio. Plenty of audiophiles will insist on it still, though. They're the crazy ones