cliveb wrote:
> Make a 24 bit recording from vinyl, at a decent recording level (eg. > peaking no lower than about -3dB). Take a copy, and convert it to 16 > bit. (You can even just truncate the bottom eight bits without dither > if you like: vinyl is so noisy that it makes no difference). Now use > something like Foobar2000's ABX tool to see if you can tell them > apart. > This is basically what I did when I compared 16 bit vs 24 bit recordings from my SACD player, but I did not use a full ABX as I have no decent way of directly connecting my PC to my stereo. I can't read the SB display properly from my listening position so I did not see which version of the track I was playing, but the difference was quite clear. Unfortunately I do not have my vinyl rig running at the moment so I can not do a new test now. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
