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RE: High Resolution - Fact or Fiction?

For a fair comparison you would have to start off with a hi-rez file, downsample it to 16/44 and compare that to your original hi-rez file. Plus you have to make sure that the files are level matched precisely to 0.1dB or better.


Make sure that your original file is actually full hi-rez. Many hi-rez files sold are just upsampled from a lower rate master. Beck's latest album for example was recorded in 44.1 (they are all clearly brickwall filtered at 20k) except two songs which were recorded in mp3 format (tell-tale brickwall at 16k). If you use something like that the result would be inconclusive plus you would definitely need some one else to switch between files so you do not know which is which.


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