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HD meaning 24-bit and 48/88/96/192 kHz sampling rates
CD meaning 16-bit and 44 kHz
I purchased 2CELLOS's In2ition album from HDTracks.com and it's a 24/48 album.
I downloaded the same album in CD quality just for testing's sake and it has EAC accurate rip information.
Setup:
When I get the time later, I'll downsample a few of my HD Tracks purchases to CD quality and post my logs here.
Can you guys hear a difference?
CD meaning 16-bit and 44 kHz
I purchased 2CELLOS's In2ition album from HDTracks.com and it's a 24/48 album.
I downloaded the same album in CD quality just for testing's sake and it has EAC accurate rip information.
Setup:
- MacBook Pro
- Windows 7 64-bit via Boot Camp
- Foobar2000 (24-bit WASAPI output)
- ObjectiveDAC (24/96 output set in Windows' Volume Manager, digital volume is set at maximum)
- Objective 2
- AKG K 701 (8-bump headband version)
foo_abx 1.3.4 report
foobar2000 v1.2.4
2013/05/22 02:02:36
File A: D:\Users\Michael\Downloads\2Cellos - In2ition (2013) FLAC\07 - Clocks.flac
File B: D:\Users\Michael\Music\HDtracks\2CELLOS - In2ition\07 Clocks (ft. Lang Lang).m4a
02:02:36 : Test started.
02:03:58 : 01/01 50.0%
02:04:12 : 02/02 25.0%
02:04:28 : 03/03 12.5%
02:04:47 : 03/04 31.3%
02:05:22 : 03/05 50.0%
02:06:00 : 03/06 65.6%
02:06:29 : 04/07 50.0%
02:07:25 : 05/08 36.3%
02:07:27 : Test finished.
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Total: 5/8 (36.3%)
I only did 8 tests because I really felt that I was guessing between the two tracks and doing further tests would have been futile. I genuinely tried to hear a difference between the two files and I simply could not make a definitive difference.
foobar2000 v1.2.4
2013/05/22 02:02:36
File A: D:\Users\Michael\Downloads\2Cellos - In2ition (2013) FLAC\07 - Clocks.flac
File B: D:\Users\Michael\Music\HDtracks\2CELLOS - In2ition\07 Clocks (ft. Lang Lang).m4a
02:02:36 : Test started.
02:03:58 : 01/01 50.0%
02:04:12 : 02/02 25.0%
02:04:28 : 03/03 12.5%
02:04:47 : 03/04 31.3%
02:05:22 : 03/05 50.0%
02:06:00 : 03/06 65.6%
02:06:29 : 04/07 50.0%
02:07:25 : 05/08 36.3%
02:07:27 : Test finished.
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Total: 5/8 (36.3%)
I only did 8 tests because I really felt that I was guessing between the two tracks and doing further tests would have been futile. I genuinely tried to hear a difference between the two files and I simply could not make a definitive difference.
When I get the time later, I'll downsample a few of my HD Tracks purchases to CD quality and post my logs here.
Can you guys hear a difference?
- If the answer is yes, please post an ABX log in a spoiler tag
- If the answer is no, why do audiophiles bother to purchase these expensive HD albums?