bzlrbi wrote: > Has anyone done an A/B comparison on downsampled 24/192 files vs. > "original" 24/96 files? I'm wondering if it's worth the few extra bucks > to buy stuff in 24/192 for the future, i.e. after my Transporter goes to > the Great Beyond. Or, will the "original" 24/96 files sound better on > the Transporter? Any opinions? > > Thanks.
based on measurable human hearing thresholds the answer is "no". most articles on the matter seem to indicate that the best ears out there max out around 20/44 realistically. and the gatekeeper is what the recording engineer was doing. it is very debatable whether many of my favorite jazz albums ever even merit anything above 320mp3 based on the recording quality. but then there is the psychoacoustics that happen in the brain of the audiophile aficionado, and just like i love to look at thick pure silver speaker cables and interconnects, it doesn't bother me to pay the premium and get the "HD" version of some of my favorite music, just to make absolutely sure i am not missing on anything. we don't need to justify to anyone if we blow a lot of money on equipment and cable, so why shouldn't we pay an extra $10 for the source files of our favorite records just to make sure our music shrine truly is at its absolute ideal best? my attitude is - hey, i know a lot of the stuff i do with audio doesn't make scientific, measurable sense... but sue me. :-) i'll still do it. so yes, i do have quite a few 24/192 files. i have listened to them through USB (which delivers them at full res) and through wireless and toslink (which gets me 24/98) and they sound absolutely identical, be it via revealing monitor speakers or headphones. and despite that, if i am going to bother, and i know the recording is excellent, why shouldn't i get the 24/192? ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.3 on VMware Player System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- Creek Destiny Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- KEF LS50 Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> AudioEngine5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101940 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
