I think that one of the main points that Monty made, was that 16 bit is enough for storage, but you may want more bits when processing digital data. Digital vol

I think that one of the main points that Monty made, was that 16 bit is enough for storage, but you may want more bits when processing digital data. Digital volume control is transforming the data, and having some extra resolution to work with is helpful at that point. So in effect, they are both right here.