No squeezebox can do more than 24/96 the squeezebox receiver and SB3 does 24/48 The transporter does 24/96 .
But I would not worry to much the amount of material avaible in 24/192 is a very limited selection and if it's from HD tracks also of questionable pedigree and if is a remaster of a some 40 year old rock favorite a complete overkill . And further even with the best recording in the world it is not possible for a human being to hear a difference between 24/96 and 24/192 . It is the actual recording that is the bottleneck not the transport format, most recordings ever made are not better than the CD format ,( given a good mastering with proper dither ) most are far worse. You will not need a 10 liter bucket to carry around 1 liter of water. Of my >1600 tracks in 24 bit 48k 96k or 192kHz (one album) maybe 30% of the recordings can be said to be worth it if I would be nice to the engineer that did them . My own equipment downsample 192k>96k Meridian Gear work internally in 24/96 for it's processors and digital speakers. Their designer is of the opinion that it is not necessary, that the numbers game ends in 24/96 . 24bit is in itself a great achievement fs above 48khz is a good bonus but not an absolute must the increased bit dept is most of the improvements in hirez. Some people are of the opinion that 24/48 is good enough for very good reason that are hard to dispute (controlled listening test where no one can hear any difference, key word is controlled). I rather unscientifically thinks 24/96 is good enough for all purposes, this would also have a healthy slush marging for technical errors in the digital domain. I can not even prove that. Also no practical audio circuitry for example DAC's are better than 20-21 bits on a good day thats the best stuff, even if the DAC say 24 or 32 bit on the sticker . So personally I stopped worrying about it long ago , the reality of it crept in during the years i tried to use the now dead DVDA format . It was "better" than the likewise dead sacd formats for a number of reason , a major one it's obscurity sacd must have sold at least 10 times better but the amount of "real" hirez recordings and really good recordings have newer been great. So the sacd catalog contains more fakes than the dvda catalog. (Which HDtracks learned the hard way when they happily digitized sacd and let the customer discover that they where bogus) . On the surface the absence of native 24/192 may look as problem but it's not, you can always find a bigger problem in the recording or your own equipment or room. that must be fixed before 96 vs 192 becomes a factor. Given the choice if I buy 24/96 instead of 24/192 you pay less and there is no audible difference . The Denon is probably great for it's purpose but it is a home theater receiver, they have reputation of building very transparent machines but anyway, the type of equipment has limits. Thats my 2c after some years in search of the hirez grail -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91881 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
