arnyk wrote: > I don't think that there is a living person who has gathered that kind > of evidence about *-all-* of the recordings that are being released in > 24 bit versions. > > Furthermore there is a possibility that the standard and high resolution > versions of any recording may have been mastered differently due to the > preferences of management. which means that the answer to the type of > question you are asking is about artistic choices, not the capabilities > of the respective technologies.
Quite right which is why many people, like Archimago, suggest that for a truer comparison between 16/44.1 and 24/88.2, 96 or 192 the high rez version should be down sampled backdownto 16/44.1 to insure that the same master is being used for comparison. Julf wrote: > There is not necessarily any compression going on. All I can tell is > that all the 24-bit recordings I have looked at would easily have fit > into 16 bits, and I think archimago came to similar conclusions. arnyk wrote: > FWIW, I have made similar investigations, and obtained similar results. > > > It has been repeated and explained on this and other threads in many > ways that finding a live performance whose dynamic range exceeds the > capabilities of the CD format is difficult. > > So, there would rarely if ever be a need for any live performance > recorded in any format to have its dynamics compressed to be effectively > recorded on a CD. If it were compressed, it might be for artistic or > business reasons, not the limits of CD technology. Just as I thought. mlsstl wrote: > And, it wouldn't hurt to note (again) that many of the "we desperately > need high-res -- CD isn't good enough" advocates are simultaneously > quite enamored with the sound quality of LPs, which are lucky to have a > range of 60-ish dB. Of course that is typically accompanied by a magical > explanation as to why that limited range of a LP doesn't matter but the > 50% greater range of a CD just doesn't cut it. I do love the way the high end audio gurus either use numbers/measurements as a weapon to make their point or just ignore numbers/measurements when they disprove their point. It's like having your cake and eating it too! Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105717 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
