In Reply to: RE: Ethernet HD Music Server posted by mls-stl on May 6, 2012 at 08:37:36:
"Of course, that brings up the whole issue of what is truly audible at the consumer level"
192/24 downconversion to 96/24 is likely to be audible on recordings that derive from original 192/24 digitization of analog sources (e.g. 15 IPS tape, live microphone feeds, analog mixing console output, etc.) The reason is probably not high frequency response, it's probably filter smoothness. To hear the difference it may be necessary to have amplifiers and speakers suitable for the music being played and a decent DAC. However, moderately priced DACs may benefit more than high-end DACs from being run at the higher sampling rate as many aberrations of mediocre DSP are less annoying when moved up the F-scale.
Some sites, such as Linn, are selling 192/24 downloads at the same price as 96/24 downloads, so the only cost involved in purchasing the higher resolution format is a few cents worth of disk space, rather cheap insurance even if one doesn't hear a difference today.
Tony Lauck
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