mortslim;540576 Wrote: > Still waiting for an update on this post. The issue presented in this > quoted post really gets to the crux and heart of one of the sub-issues > of this entire thread: can a real world person in a real world > environment with a squeezebox easily discern the difference in quality > of audio that is alleged to be encoded at better than CD quality of > 15/44.1? This is indeed the heart of the matter. But it's not easy to conduct a reliable test, especially single-handedly.
In addition to the CD and the 24/88.2 download, I've also made three sets of digital files from the CD: WAV w/o compression, 320Kbps MP3 and 160Kbps MP3. My system is "real world", NOT audiophile: a Sony AVR and PSB Image 2B loudspeakers. (In my audiophile days I owned Quad ESL-57s.) I've only done a limited amount of comparisons, but I think I can reliably say that I CANNOT "easily discern the difference in quality of audio" between the 24/88.2 download and the CD quality WAV file. More later, especially after I've brought the Touch out to a friend's house for listening with a high-end system. -- R Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
