In Reply to: How to check for fake 24 bit depths? posted by treefrog on March 24, 2014 at 10:59:09:
This question has been asked before on sites such as computeraudiophile.com, and as far as I'm aware, there's no easy way for consumers to check whether all bits of a 24-bit audio file are being fully utilized or have simply been 'up-decimated' or just padded with 0's. I do know that some record labels, such as BIS, recorded in 24/44.1 (and released those recordings on SACD) for years. Those BIS 24/44.1 files are available for download via eClassical. (They've recently switched to 24/96 for most/all of their recordings.) Same thing with Harmonia Mundi. 24/44.1 is still better than 16/44.1, so while it might not be fully hi-res, it's still better than CD.
As far as passing off upsampled files as 'hi-res' goes, I think that issue is largely over. Once that was exposed a few years ago, I think the labels have been a lot more careful. I make a point of spot-checking each of my hi-res downloads, and I haven't found any 'fake' hi-res files in quite a while now.
Russell
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- RE: How to check for fake 24 bit depths? - Russell 11:30:01 03/24/14 (3)
- RE: How to check for fake 24 bit depths? - treefrog 13:25:43 03/25/14 (0)
- RE: How to check for fake 24 bit depths? - reuben 05:07:28 03/25/14 (1)
- RE: How to check for fake 24 bit depths? - Russell 16:37:59 03/25/14 (0)