Jay here, What really matters is: 1. what do your ears hear and 2. do yo0u intend to make a cd of the stuff you record. I'd try test-recording stuff that has large dynamic range so you can hear whether or not the soft sounds sound better at 32-bits. If you can hear that difference then you might as well use it if yopu have the disk space, but then you'll hafta convert it to 16-bit if you plan to make a cd of it.; At a sampling rate of 32khz you're still getting an upper frequency response of 16khz. There again, try recording music that has a lot of percussion with high-frequency transients such as xylophones and other struck things and see if you hear the difference. This sorta thing takes patience, but it's both worthwhile and instructive to determine what's overkill and what's not. \Then again, you might contact the purveyor and ask some questions as to the specs of the feed.
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