iPhone;573423 Wrote: > The point I was making was that some (not all) HiRes files are of > different or better engineered then the 44/16 red book which is the > real reason to get the 96/24 in my mind. I can tell you without any > reservation that it will sound better. This also translates to the > 44/16 vs 96/24 which was the point I was trying to make but must have > made confusing. >
OK--I understand now the point of your post (which I had felt did not answer my question). I am well aware that some companies make much higher quality recordings and that these will generally be the companies that make hi-res tracks available. However these companies also virtually always make CD-quality versions also available. Like R Johnson, what I want to try to find out is whether it is worth the expense and hassle to buy the hi-res files (e.g., my Duet cannot play them natively). The hi-res tracks I have purchased so far sound excellent, but they are from companies whose CD-quality tracks also sound excellent. I have only one such track in both CD-quality and hi-res, but a difference in sound quality is not immediately obvious, though I have not yet had time to do serious comparisons. Would prefer not to have to buy lots of tracks in both encodings looking for one that can reveal differences.... -- ncarver ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ncarver's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15905 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81634 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
