OK - I have listened to the files. The 24/96 version sounds way better - even though it is 3+ dB quieter!
The reason has nothing to do with it being 24/96 and everything to do with the fact that the 24/96 file has been massively (and very well) remastered. If you downsample the 24/96 file to 16/44.1, it still sounds better that then the Verve master and indistinguishable from the 24/96 version. So magiccarpetride - I completely agree with your preferred choice of master - but this has NOTHING to do with the playback format being 24/96 and everything to do with the remastering. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82870 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
