[spruce music]

   
Real aliens are not anthropomorphic.

Maybe that is what they say about us.

 

[watchnerd]

 
Maybe that is what they say about us.

 
I'll ask next time I talk to them.

 

[headdict]

   
Aliens don't have ears.

 
 

   
Real aliens are not anthropomorphic.

 
 

   
I'll ask next time I talk to them.

 
So I understand they are ear-less and not anthropomorphic beings. What exactly is involved in "talking" to them? How will their answer be transmitted?

 

[watchnerd]

   
 
 
 
 
So I understand they are ear-less and not anthropomorphic beings. What exactly is involved in "talking" to them? How will their answer be transmitted?

 
Probes.

 

[headdict]

And how do you know they are insensitive to high-frequency music?

 

[bfreedma]

  And how do you know they are insensitive to high-frequency music?

 
Watchnerd has been probed.  Apparently, they didn't respond to his high pitched screaming...

 

[watchnerd]

   
Watchnerd has been probed.  Apparently, they didn't respond to his high pitched screaming...

 

 

[bfreedma]

   

 
I was thinking of the movie Independence Day, but I can work with that

 

[StanD]

   
I'll ask next time I talk to them.

Next time they abduct you don't forget to have a nanny cam at the ready while you're sleeping, the youtube will go viral.  I hope you have an Android Smartphone, all you'll need is an ultrasonic USB microphone and the below app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digitalbiology.audio&hl=en
This will silence the naysayers.

 

[karmazyn]

Generally 24 bits give you more quality sound more clearly and more dynamique, 16 bit this only CD quality .is not studio quality.

 

[dukefx]

Generally 24 bits give you more quality sound more clearly and more dynamique, 16 bit this only CD quality .is not studio quality.

For playback 10 bits are sufficient. You get 6 extra bits as headroom in case of CD quality. Now repeat after me: "I have no idea what I'm talking about". I should really open a studio and sell 32 bit recordings that are sourced from 16 bit ones and people will buy them and swear how much better those are. I'd be filthy rich!

 

[NoteEater]

I have read enough of this thread that I think it is time to throw something out there for the refuters to 24bit audio benefits.
 
How many of you watch movies on a surround sound system?  Do you listen to to Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio HD?  
 
If you have, I say you should just go back to 16bit Dolby Digital or 16bit DTS.  Why bother with hi res 24bit Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio HD if 24bit makes no difference at all?
 
If you can think logically you will remember when you first heard Dolby True HD or DTS MAster Audio.  Most people recall the "HUGE" difference in sound staging, a higher perceived amount of spatial information, more dynamic range in the signal which in my opinion is just as important or more important than in music, and lastly just a simply better overall listening experience.  
 
I have never heard of anyone going back to 16bit Dolby Digital or 16bit DTS after being able to reproduce better sound with a 24bit 48Khz/96khz Movie sound track. 
 
Have you?

 

[spruce music]

I have read enough of this thread that I think it is time to throw something out there for the refuters to 24bit audio benefits.

How many of you watch movies on a surround sound system?  Do you listen to to Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio HD?  

If you have, I say you should just go back to 16bit Dolby Digital or 16bit DTS.  Why bother with hi res 24bit Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio HD if 24bit makes no difference at all?

If you can think logically you will remember when you first heard Dolby True HD or DTS MAster Audio.  Most people recall the "HUGE" difference in sound staging, a higher perceived amount of spatial information, more dynamic range in the signal which in my opinion is just as important or more important than in music, and lastly just a simply better overall listening experience.  

I have never heard of anyone going back to 16bit Dolby Digital or 16bit DTS after being able to reproduce better sound with a 24bit 48Khz/96khz Movie sound track. 

Have you?

Dolby digital is compressed like mp3. So there is more than just a bit depth difference.

 

[NoteEater]

Dolby Digital can have a bit rate as high as 3mbits/s and as low as 500kbps.  All depends on how compressed they make it.  
 
Dolby Digital Plus is even higher rates and I feel people will still feel there is a huge difference between Dolby Digital Plus and the 24bit Movie soundtracks.  Mostly due to dynamic range expansion going to 24bit depth and not just bitrate.
 
If you listened to 16bit uncompressed PCM movie soundtracks against the Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio version I would imagine you would draw the same conclusion of an overall improvement to sound quality. 

 

[dukefx]

I listen to nothing but FLACs (44.1k/16), worst case scenario 320kb MP3 and I can't stand Dolby whatever. They have an artificial stench and quality wise they remind me of 128kb MP3s mixed with a pinch of "now your ears bleed" and a table spoon of "now you can't understand a word".