tdgruen wrote: > I probably wouldn't hear much of a difference anyway, and besides, the > quality of the file goes well beyond just the bit depth/sample rate > specs. So many variables....
Yes, very unlikely that you'd hear a difference between 16/44.1 (CD) vs 24/96 or 24/192. You'd only likely hear a difference if the *mastering* of the album is a better mastering. Plenty of people have done ABX (double blind) tests to confirm this for themselves. I like good sounding music as much as the next guy (in fact I'm a lot more concerned than the average music listener!), but I also know enough about the engineering and science of music reproduction to not get sucked into the marketing, voodoo, audiophool vortex of "hi-res", DSD, etc. Better mastering that happens to be hi-res: good. hi-res or DSD for hi-res sake: bad (and only good for the bank account of the seller). See: http://archimago.blogspot.ca/2014/03/musings-high-resolution-audio.html http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97616-Has-anyone-found-a-24-192-track-they-thought-was-worth-it&highlight=archimago and from mynb's signature: http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.2) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* VBA 4TB, SB3, Touch (3), Radio (3), CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Tagging - mp3tag, Streaming - Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101376 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
