In Reply to: Test with 24/96 vs. 16/44 LITTLE TO NO DIFFERENCE. posted by Archimago on February 13, 2010 at 09:00:59:
Yes, obviously for you personally, as listened on your system, there's little to no difference - and that's the one and ONLY takeaway from your test. And, as long as we do not extrapolate it to any other listener and any other system, it is perfectly valid.
As others suggested, you'd probably want to try something better than EMU-0404 USB, to give yourself better chance to hear the differences. Also, you did not mention any optimizations done to the computer (HW and SW) - if there indeed are none, your results are even less surprising. Look at the threads dedicated to cMP and cPlay to get an idea what has to be done.
Last but not the least - please, drop ABX comparator in Foobar. It's sound-degrading piece of garbage, that should not, and cannot, be used for any tests or comparisons. Just un-install that plugin, and never bother with it again.
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Follow Ups
- Honest report. Some thoughts and suggestions: - carcass93 06:45:37 02/15/10 (1)
- RE: Honest report. Some thoughts and suggestions: - Archimago 10:48:02 02/15/10 (0)