For web audio, I reckon an occasional misjudged channel layout is
better than more frequent exceptions.
Signed PCM is normalized with unsigned max divided by 2, not
signed max. If you divide by the signed max (32767), you get headroom
that can exceed the threshold below -1.0. It's not audible, this mostly
matters for tests that assume correct normalization. But it turns out
there's no shortage of "golden ears" jackholes out there who swear they
can hear the difference.
Audio blocks now contain a sample specification with the sample rate
and channel map for the audio data they contain. This will facilitate
conversion from one sample specification to another in order to allow
playback on devices with more or less speakers than the audio data
contains.
