Squeezemenicely wrote: > Archimago as usual your views and research are a very interesting read. > > Being a listener with relatively good hearing, I have often asked myself > if there really is a difference between a CD flac and 24/96. Often it is > the better remaster that makes the "big" difference. > > Also maybe the placebo effect, still sometimes I prefer the 24/96files. > The difference is slight, but somehow it seems there is more audible > space in the higher frequencies - no idea how to put it - probably > sounds silly anyway.
Sometimes the album is mastered differently for the different media. "Hypnotic Eye" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, was issued with different masters for CD (which is DR 7) and vinyl, hires download, and blu ray (which are DR 13). I can't remember which version went to iTunes. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=&album=hypnotic+eye BTW my hearing is a mess. I have almost no hearing in my left ear (sudden sensorineural hearing loss). I can't tell which direction sounds come from. When audiophiles talk about soundstage being wider, shallower, voices in the middle, etc. its all lost on me. I can't tell the difference between 24/96 and 16/44, but I can still tell a bad (loudness wars) mastering from a good one. I bought quite a lot of "remastered" rock CDs because I didn't know any better. I loved the way my speakers sounded on acoustic music but not so much on electric music. I then bought the Steven Wilson remix of "The Yes Album", compared it to the previous (loud) CD I had and was blown away. My speakers sounded good on this electric music! For me the difference in in the mastering Homebuilt Votexbox 2.2 (2004 Pentium4, 2.66 GHz, 2.5 GB RAM) running LMS 7.8.0 Home Office: Wi-Fi>Touch>Coax>Peachtree Audio Nova>PSB Imagine Towers Den: Ethernet>Touch>Coax>Onkyo TX-SR806>Polk Speakers (2.1 for music) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CharlieG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32439 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103034 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
