Mike Sargent wrote: > Right now I'm listening to Joss Stone (sounds great) and my SPL meter > says I'm only listening at around 75 dB. So that 96 dB (or 110 or > whatever) dynamic range of CD (ripped to FLAC in this case) is > unimportant because I'm never going to listen to it loud enough that it > would matter. > Mike I think this is the most important reply in this whole discussion: Who among us, in a typical living room environment plays loud enough to have the full dynamic range of said symphonic orchestra audible? In Belgium music performances (live and recorded) are legally limited to 100dB(A)LAeq,60min, which means that even when the crowd is really silent, on average only around 60dB remain for the music ... QED: 16/44 is enough to faithfully reproduce a legal music performance in Belgium :)
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