Free (legal) 96/24 FLAC download
Mar 11, 2009 at 9:25 PM Post #17 of 32
Think i must buy myself a X-Fi card again so i can enjoy 24bit.( even if it was fake it was fun with a loudness button.) Is there no way to rip a sacd in 24bit?
 
Mar 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM Post #19 of 32
Just downloaded the tracks and took a listen
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Impressive (the classical tracks at least, haven't heard much of the other genres to do a baseline comparison).

Felt that there was greater amount of spatial information in the recording, and greater ease of detail retrieval.

Any idea how much improved recording/mastering techniques contributed, other than being packaged in a 24/96 format?
 
Mar 11, 2009 at 10:23 PM Post #21 of 32
M-Audio Transit ASIO @ 24/96 to Foobar. It's basic, but Foobar hasn't thrown an error message at me, so I'm assuming it works, somehow.

Greater ease of detail retrieval as in I didn't have to concentrate as hard to follow a specific instrument throughout a piece.

Seeing how my DAC is rather basic, I posed the question on how big a factor improved recording or mastering techniques might have played a part in these recordings.

Maybe I should just resample the files to 16/44 and see if I can hear a difference
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Mar 11, 2009 at 11:53 PM Post #22 of 32
It's very hard to hear the difference between 24/96 and 16/44 in my opinion. Or should I say with my ears.

A fair amount of credit goes to the recording and mastering techniques. Chesky records is famous for their painstaking efforts in this regard and I believe that this site was started by the guys at Chesky.

The ultimate demonstration disc vol.s 1 and 2 by Chesky are well known here.
 
Mar 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM Post #24 of 32
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Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
any way to listen to 24 bit files on a 16 bit DAC?


If the DAC don't accept 24-bit files, then you either have to convert the bit depth. Or simply download the 16-bit files...
Some of the fun will be gone though.
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Mar 12, 2009 at 6:00 PM Post #27 of 32
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Originally Posted by jvlgato /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I thought Pico had a 24/96 DAC, but I must be confused.


If I'm not mistaken, the Pico's DAC upsamples to 24/96, but only accepts 16 bit 44.1/48kHz inputs via USB.
 
Mar 13, 2009 at 3:01 AM Post #29 of 32
Stupid question because I have no idea: If I d/l them, convert to WMA Lossless with Media Monkey, will they play full 24/96 on my Zune?
That is if Media Monkey preserves the 24/96 in the WMA Lossless file?
 
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