14-May-2020, 19:22
I did it. I didn't audition all the tracks since those I liked I didn't hear a difference.
This is the same as last time I tried it independently where I got a friend to produce 2 identical size files, one 24/96 original recording and the second the same file downsampled to 16/44.1 then back to 24/96.
That means without cheating and using software to examine the files one knows started the same, the DAC will treat them the same but one contains no data over and above a CD.
I heard no difference then either.
OTOH as far as I can see there is nothing audible in music that isn't perfectly recorded by 44.1/16 as long as the recording is done correctly so any difference one actually hears implies a different mix rather than a difference between 24/96 and 16/44.1
This is the same as last time I tried it independently where I got a friend to produce 2 identical size files, one 24/96 original recording and the second the same file downsampled to 16/44.1 then back to 24/96.
That means without cheating and using software to examine the files one knows started the same, the DAC will treat them the same but one contains no data over and above a CD.
I heard no difference then either.
OTOH as far as I can see there is nothing audible in music that isn't perfectly recorded by 44.1/16 as long as the recording is done correctly so any difference one actually hears implies a different mix rather than a difference between 24/96 and 16/44.1
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