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In Reply to: Do you judge hi-rez classical music actually sounds better than 44/16? posted by John C. - Aussie on June 9, 2021 at 15:26:19:
I've never been able to convince myself that hi-res is any better for home playback. I've tried a few randomized tests by comparing original hi-res files to downsampled and then upsampled files. And 16/44 can sound just as good in my experience.
24/96 seems obviously better for recording. And there doesn't seem to be any reason to stick to 16/44 when everything is streaming now. I'd be happy if all downloads and streaming switched to 24/48 as a standard.
Any sampling rate above 96 kHz is silly, though, and I believe the only reason people think it's better is due to a widespread misunderstanding of sampling theory as "connecting the dots" that media companies seem happy to propagate.
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