Anne;206975 Wrote: > Must admit, i only downloaded 2 albums, (one is downloading right this > minute) but well, dont know what to say. The first, a Brahms in 24/48 > sounds better than any other cd I have, maybe except an XRCD Sampler I > have. Honesty unbelievable sound from these downloads, and the volume > is much higher ! How come ?? I thought cd was good..... > About the volume, if I have to fix this I guess I have to adjust volume > up for the rest of my 250 cd´s on the harddrive, or ? > I dont think the sound quality has anything major to do with 24 bits or > whatever, that cant be it. Any thoughts....? I think I have bought my > last cd.....
In thinking about this more since my post, I do not think that 24 bits should make any difference other than dynamic range. I guess what is key here is the resulting voltage differential between neighboring bit values. ie) I think the voltage gain by going to say digital value 60000 to 60001 is identical between a 24 bit word and a 16 bit word(both can represent this same value and correspond to the same change in voltage in the analog domain). So no additional amplitude resultion exists between 16 and 24 bits to make things sound "smoother". All the extra 8 bits gets you is more dynamic range extension on either side. This can be lost in the noise floor of most equipment; it can be of value in recording things at a higher level without fear of digital clipping, and at the same time having sufficient bits to capture the softest of passages. I think possibly what we are all hearing is the benefit of a good recording plus the additional musical information afforded by the 4Khz sample rate increase. Thoughts/comments from the digital pros? -- jt25741 SB3->AR Masters Coax -> PS Audio DLIII -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio P5 -> Cardas Golden Reference XLR -> Sim Audio W5 -> Cardas Golden Reference Hi-Mid,PS Audio Xstream Plus Low-> Magnepan 3.6R ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jt25741's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985
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