peber;440658 Wrote: > So it is safe to buy 24/96? How high can I go? 24/192? And if a > recording is available in different sampling rates is it worth the extra > money to get a higher bitrate/sampling freq if it is downsampled? Is SoX > so good that a downsampled 24/96 will still sound better than 16/44.1? > > /Per
You can go a high as you like. SOX will reduce it to whatever the MAXIMUM quality your player supports. I'd personally say that there is ABSOLUTELY no audible difference between 24/192 vs 24/96... the really crucial thing is 24 vs 16 bit (or to be more accurate, 20-21 bit vs 16 bit). The real benefit here is NOT technical (Nyquist, Shannon et al pretty much nailed that) - IMHO it's that the mastering of the high-res material is occasionally allowed to shine in a 24 - 88.2/96/192 environment. I suggest you just listen and "learn" (or not) - it's your brain/ears after all. This isn't about physics class. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65610 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
