That seems like a reasonable strategy for products in that category, and an analysis that the misleading article would have benefitted from. I’m still laughing at the assertion that users can record at +770 dBFS. On a related note, I’m wondering if you’ve (or anyone here) has ever analyzed the (potential) impact of errors in 32 float arising from the tradeoff in absolute precision for range? In practical terms it seems impossible to be significant, but… 🙂