Would a "wav32" Output Type Be Possible?

[simoncn]

Let me tell you a story. A long time ago, in a forum far away, someone claimed that converting 16-bit files to 24-bit by adding trailing zeros to the 16 bits of audio data improved the sound. This made no logical sense but I respected the person claiming this so I tried it myself and found the same results. As a result, MinimStreamer allows 16-bit files to be transcoded to 24-bit (by adding zeros) and many people have reported that this improves the sound on their system. One theory is that the DAC is processing the signal as 24 bits and doing this padding at the server end takes a bit of processing load off the renderer. If this theory is correct, the same might be true for 32-bit DACs (note bold text). The only way to find out is to try it.