mvsainz
New Head-Fier
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Hi there guys!
I'm Marco, from Miami. Still new in the "audiophile" world, but hey, it's one step at a time. I did have one question that's bugging me though. A technical one.
I get the idea of bit rate and bit depth, but one thing I don't seem to quite find an answer to is how music is reproduced. My question is, are various frequencies reproduced simultaneously, or individually, and how are they played. What this means in plain english is, if I, lets say, if you have a recording of a low frequency drum and a high pitched flute at the same time, It's easy to imagine that the frequency graph would show a peak at the lows and the highs. But my question is, does a headphone reproduce simultaneously both frequencies at the same time, or does it "sum them up" for the lack of a better turn, and play the combination of both frequencies?
And when one says something like 24bit 192kHZ, that means that you divide time in 192k sections, and take measurements off of a fraction of 24 bit combinations, more or less. But again the same question, does it take a measurement of each frequency for each sample period, or does it take a measurement of the "sum"?
That's probably not all my questions, but for now it'll have to be enough. I hope that I'm not the only person with doubts about this. Anyways, thanks and nice meeting you all! Now I'll get back to enjoying my Hifiman HE-400 with my new DIY cable (I'll try to get a couple pics up since I'm trying various designs) and my Ibasso DX50. I'm still in awe from the binaural effects from "Dr. Chesky's Ultimate Headphone Demonstration Disc"!
I'm Marco, from Miami. Still new in the "audiophile" world, but hey, it's one step at a time. I did have one question that's bugging me though. A technical one.
I get the idea of bit rate and bit depth, but one thing I don't seem to quite find an answer to is how music is reproduced. My question is, are various frequencies reproduced simultaneously, or individually, and how are they played. What this means in plain english is, if I, lets say, if you have a recording of a low frequency drum and a high pitched flute at the same time, It's easy to imagine that the frequency graph would show a peak at the lows and the highs. But my question is, does a headphone reproduce simultaneously both frequencies at the same time, or does it "sum them up" for the lack of a better turn, and play the combination of both frequencies?
And when one says something like 24bit 192kHZ, that means that you divide time in 192k sections, and take measurements off of a fraction of 24 bit combinations, more or less. But again the same question, does it take a measurement of each frequency for each sample period, or does it take a measurement of the "sum"?
That's probably not all my questions, but for now it'll have to be enough. I hope that I'm not the only person with doubts about this. Anyways, thanks and nice meeting you all! Now I'll get back to enjoying my Hifiman HE-400 with my new DIY cable (I'll try to get a couple pics up since I'm trying various designs) and my Ibasso DX50. I'm still in awe from the binaural effects from "Dr. Chesky's Ultimate Headphone Demonstration Disc"!