agentsmith;400932 Wrote: > Can you tell the difference between 44.1/16 and 96/24? > > I did an experiment tonight: > > Music: > > "When I Dream" from Carol Kidd's latest "Dreamsville" > > 44.1/16 ripped from CD layer of Hybrid SACD > 96/24 downloaded from Linn Website studio master > > System: > > Source: Transporter > Pre: NAC202, HiCap, NAPSC > Power: NAP200 > Speakers: Harbeth Monitor 30 > > I honestly cannot tell the difference. > > Can you? I'd be interested to know. > > I thought this Linn album would be a good comparison since they should > be from master of the same quality level being so new.
What are your TP setting and exactly how are you using the TP? I think you might need more information. A better comparison might be to keep things as equal as possible meaning that the 16/44 be a rip from the exact same master as the 24/96. There are some download sites that actually have this option. In some listening tests I was part of, I couldn't tell the difference in most rock music whether it was 16 or 24. Classical and Jazz that was from a very well engineered master, there "seems" to be some value in 24/96. I am of the opinion after doing a bunch of listening that it mainly comes down to the type of music, the quality of the recording, and how well it was engineered, really meaning how much was really left alone to let the music come through. Recording that are pushed around to much by the engineer sound about the same whether 16 or 24/96 in my listening and my opinion. YMMV. And this is just a personal opinion and observation, but monitor speakers tend to leave a lot to be desired when trying to make these comparasions. The bass is limited by design and really starts to roll off big time around 75Hz and is 5 to 6 dB down at 50Hz. Don't get me wrong, Harbeth makes a good speaker and monitors have their place. I'm just of the opinion that for listening tests and especially something this close, a full range loudspeaker is really needed if one is going to be able to pin down audible differences. -- iPhone *iPhone* 'Last.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/mephone) Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 Mobile: SB3, Audioengine A5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60665 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
