Hi, and hope the subject line got your attention <g>.
What I am talking about is the rather late discovery of 24 bit audio
on my Audigy soundcard this past weekend. I was reading some old mail
on another list, and happened to read a discussion about the new
audio leveling options in Winamp 5.3 which are found in the playback
options dialog box. Now here's where my idiocy comes in. I've been
using this card for the past four years or so, and never realized
that the option for using 24byt audio was to be found there. I
frankly had never looked there in order to make any adjustments up to
that point. I have been using the MAD encoder plugin for a while, and
had tried upping the encoder to 24 bit, but with no satisfactory
results. Well after changing the option to reflect 24 bit in winamp,
then upping to 24 bit in the decoder, I experienced nothing short of
an epiphany. I simply couldn't believe the difference it made in
overall audio output, and range. I am now able to follow bass lines
that I couldn't before, and much more. Anyway, the reason I'm telling
this story at the risk of having my idiocy confirmed, I would like to
know just how much of a difference a 32byt sound card could actually
make with mp3 files, and could I stand it <g>? And on top of that, if
the change would truly be worthwhile, what would be the best and
most economical choice in soundcards today. I guess a case could be
made for just continuing with the Creative line, especially since
I've been so taken with it's performance, but would be open to suggestions.
Thanks,
Larry
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