heisenberg wrote: > Little if any difference between the 16 and 24 bit releases? I disagree. > Listen to "Words of Love" from "Beatles for Sale", for example. On the > CD version (16 bit), the hand clapping sounds like two wooden blocks > hitting each other. On the 24 bit version, the hand clapping sounds like > real hand clapping -- you can hear the sound skin makes when hitting > skin. There are many other similarly revealing differences between the > two releases.
Hi Heisenberg, To follow up, I just had a listen to this track - 2009 CD remaster vs. 2009 24/44 USB. Dunno man, side by side they sound really close using my ASUS Essence One + Sony V6 headphones (my workhorse I happen to have plugged at the moment). Amplitude difference (Adobe Audition Avg RMS Power): CD version: -15.33 dB 24-bit version: -15.13 dB About 0.2dB louder for the 24-bit version for some reason. I suspect this discrepancy was done on purpose since a straight dithered down-conversion from 24-bit to 16-bit will not do this. Assuming the 24-bit version came from the source, it looks like someone applied a slight volume cut (I'm of course speculating). Given that the recording is from 1964 and the noise floor throughout the song is at best -96dB even at the quietest parts, I'm not convinced there's any need for 24-bit dynamic range. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98590 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
