325xi;182405 Wrote: > The one perhaps stupid question I still can't find an answer for is if > downsampling from 88.2 to 44.1 can product any aliasing or other > negative effects on "not-ideal" sample rate converter?
The fact that they all sound different proves that resampling always changes the sound and adds artifacts.... I think if you exhaustively search google on this topic you will get lots of opinions on which is best. Various threads on Hyrdrogenaudio and others seemed to hold Secret Rabbit in high esteme(as does http://www.empiricalaudio.com/ who bases there upsampling product on it). I just finished a short listening test on the free version of r8brain and indeed it was rolled off on the highs...but in general I think it sounds better than Secret Rabbit.. I am going to download the pro-lite version...check that out....and if I works out buy that one.... My source material is 192/24, 96/24, and 88.1/24 (handfull) so I will use the cool batch convert to resample them all. So it is in this hobby, always tweaking to get better sound. Thanks for starting this thread...I think I may have found a cool product! Somewhat off topic: There contingent of audiophiles that feel ASRC upsampling DACs really kill the sound just for the reasons you are looking out for. Their upsampling algorithms are rather simple and primitive...as they must be to process information on-the-fly --- I would tend to agree that they muck the sound up a bit...but they also improve the sound in other ways....a trade off for sure IMO -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII -> Coincident CST IC XLR -> Sim Audio P5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W5 -> PS Audio Xtreme Plus(Low) AQCV4(mid/hi)-> Magnepan 3.6R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32958 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
