cmarin wrote: > The better musical experience reported by some listeners (including > professional critics) of higher resolution files in resolving systems > IMHO is well documented.
Better musical experience has been reported using $2000 speaker cables. I do not believe that there is any actual benefit to using such items, except to the benefit of the pocketbooks of the retailers. High-wide files are better than RedBook. But there is no evidence that 24/192 are actually better for listening by humans. And there is no serious evidence that there is any signal that would benefit from the 96 kHz bandwidth of the 24/192 size over the 48kHz bandwidth that 24/96 provides. There have been articles, specifically in Stereophile, that show using spectrum analyzers that many commercially released recordings in DVD-A and SACD have no addition signal over what is in the RedBook version. If there is no signal at SACD/DVD-A rates, there is no point in dreaming for higher specs. Its the same as the search for signal to noise rations better than 100 dB. Sure its fun to argue that 120 dB is better than 110dB, but its a difference that can never be heard in any listening environment. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
