Playing 20 bit or higher audio from CD directly

Will my revision A imac G5 play 20 bit audio CD's at 20 bits or does it downgrade them to 16 bit. I use the fiber optic audio out to my receiver and have good speakers. Can iTunes import 20 bit audio files as 20 bit? What do you think of apple lossless at 700kbs compared to 1.6 mps of uncompressed audio or even 20 bit? It is like computers have drifted away from audio quality to save disk space but hard drives are getting bigger and bigger so this shouldn't be an issue anymore! Internet speeds are up also, mine is 15mps a second and can download large files very fast but can't find high quality audio on the internet that is near 20 bit.

Hi Paul Riley-
I am a conspiracy theorist nut-case for sure, but I have been convinced that MP3 technology was a corporate scam from day one intended to dumb-down the ears, but don't get me started (;>)
These old ears still prefer the dynamic range of reel to reel tape.
These type of things you ask are driven by consumer demand. I think it is old dudes like myself that will eventually drive the market towards something a little more "pure".
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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