24 bit/96kHz AIFF files an iTunes

Hello - can I import 24 bit 96kHz AIFF files into iTunes (with the AUTOMATIC settings in iTunes Import) and have the files played back as 24 bit 96kHz ... or does iTunes do some internal conversion to some other format?

Thank you cconnaker for your helpful reply!
Patrick, I understood (from reading the Benckmark Media wiki) that there was an issue of iTunes truncating 24 bit wordlength to 16 on playback of 96/24. I have no way of measuring this on my system and wanted to ensure that the effort I am going to to rip vinyl will be rewarded by the highest quality of playback in iTunes instead of the recording/playback software I use.
Helpfully, cconnaker has confirmed this.

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Back in Jan 2003, I convinced the engineering manager on iTunes to make a change so it could properly play 24bit/96kHz files. (The changeover from Sound Manager to Core Audio made it possible.)
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Doolittle wrote:
I can't find convert to aiff as an option in itunes 10.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
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24 bit/96kHz AIFF files an iTunes

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