Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone tried a 96k 24 bit download
Do you want to hear some Hi-res magic? Try http://www.2l.no/hires/index.html Download the DXD 24BIT/352.8kHz versions, as well as the 24BIT/96kHz Flac files. You can play the DXD tracks with Windows Media Player 12 (comes with Windows 7 RC). Gorgeous stuff, and a good introduction to 2L. -- kesey kesey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63908 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone tried a 96k 24 bit download
bhaagensen;428020 Wrote: I know some of those tracks in 24/96, and I'm sure also these are good. But the sampling rate of the DXD tracks is just ridiculous. There is no reason to sample at 352. Almost all the arguments for using, say, 24/96 over 16/44 are no longer valid in the case of 24/352 over 24/96. Moreover Lavry's paper on digital sampling makes it clear that its not technically possible to utilise all bits and samples in 24/352. Sample at 352 and loose bit-precision. No doubt you are perfectly correct, but the music still sounds lovely - and it was free. It is there to be downloaded and tried if you wish. If you don't, then there's no cause for a coronary, or a world wide ban. 2L has some excellent stuff. I tend to take the view that if they wish to make it available, good for them. I enjoyed the tracks; admittedly not over my sound system: just over my computer speakers. To tell you the truth, I've also often enjoyed music played over my kitchen radio, ridiculous though that might be also. I'll get over it. The 24/96 tracks I played via my Squeezebox 3 through my Nautilus 802s. Strangely I enjoyed them also, even though the music is downsampled by Squeezecenter/Sox. -- kesey kesey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63908 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] 24/96 DVD Music
simongurney;396980 Wrote: Hi, I can't seem to play my studio quality music downloaded from Linn. Which setting do I need to change please. Simon Download and install Squeezecenter 7.3.3 from http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.3 7.3.3 can play your files. -- kesey kesey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58209 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Downloads From Linn
Shuttershock, In short, you will need to downsample the Linn files in order to get the SB3 to play them properly. If any forum members can detail the best and/or the easiest method to downsample I would be obliged if they would post. kesey The following is from the thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40484 Stoker Junior Member Default Did a little experiment I downloaded a track (Something's Coming from Claire Martin's Too Darn Hot album) from Linn at studio master quality and CD quality. I then converted the studio master version to a .wav file and loaded it into Cooledit Pro where I did a frequency analysis and found that the spectrum of the studio master file went upto around 40KHz. This being the case then the just dropping every alternate sample method of downsampling used by the SB3(*) would introduce aliasing (distortion). When I played the studio master 24/96 flac file on my SB+, it played but was noticeably distorted - could have been the aliasing or something else. Using Cooledit pro I then downsampled the studio master wav file to 24/48 using its highest quality settings, saved it and flac encoded it. I then proceeded to compare the CD (16/44) quality flac with the downsampled (24/48) flac files using an SB+ - Naim 102/Hicap pre amp - Naim 140 power amp and Linn KanII speakers. Could I tell the difference? Well I'm not sure, there were probably some small differences but certainly nothing black and white, I'm sure I couldn't pick out one from the other in a blind test. In fact both versions sounded fantastic, the music seems to have been extremely well recorded and they certainly aren't mastered to be as loud as possible like lots of the current CD's are. (*) Is it a definite known that the SB3 just drops every alternate sample when presented with a 96KHz stream? Opinion's all with my ears and my system YMMV. __ --ian -- kesey kesey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42286 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
