They also have a signal-to-noise ratio of >100dB per bit)
Theoricaly maximum is 96dB (16bits, 6dB/bit)
Anyway, that's far better than any home hifi system, most studio microphones, and any chain of tools induced in vinyl processing
Your demonstration is incorrect : there is a loss of datas in any of your encoders. If only the last of them (and it is the case) lost everything, then you have blank file, but perhaps aiff or aac had done modifications that create (very small) noise
Your demonstration is incorrect : there is a loss of datas in any of your encoders. If only the last of them (and it is the case) lost everything, then you have blank file, but perhaps aiff or aac had done modifications that create (very small) noise