[SurroundSound] Re: 24/192 Downloads

I totally agree with Highlander, I hear more improvement from the additional bit depth than I do from higher sampling rates.  And I have found 24bit/48k to sound very, very good when properly done...

-RW-

On Saturday, May 25, 2013 6:20:49 PM UTC-4, Highlander wrote:

My personal stance on this issue is that 16bit to 24bit has more of a noticeable improvement than the high sampling rates, like 192k. I don't mind HDtracks 24-96k downloads though, if the recordings are properly remastered. But, many of their offerings are questionable. In the end, I think 24-96k is fine for most acoustic music, like jazz, folk and classical. But, for many rock or popular music recordings, I think 24-48k works very well and sounds really good to my ears. Regarding file space, roughly speaking, a thirty minute 24-192k file we be slightly over a gig...where as a thirty minute 24-48k file will be around 350MB. With all this said though, I think capturing music and working on it in the digital domain, with high sampling rates, is generally a good idea. I just think offering 192k stereo recordings is overkill for most listeners and is a way to charge more money. I say all this listening on Krell amps with Thiel speakers, along with AKG headphones. In the end, all that matters is what we personally like to our ears at any given moment.

On Saturday, May 25, 2013 12:22:32 PM UTC-4, Dale wrote:

This should get the conversations flowing again! Although I know this territory was covered recently, this article may not have been read by some.

http://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

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