Achel
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Hi, I search an explanation about smthg I really don't Understand ... First of all here is my configuration :
Computer under Linux Unbuntu using ALSA (for bitperfect) => DAC HRT Music Streaming V1 16/24bits on USB => Audacious using the Alsa Drivers for bitperfect with any plugin activated (even crystaliser) => Little Dot I+ with Burson V5i OpA and Voskhod Gold plate tube from 1963 => Grado Sr80 / Sennheiser Momentum 1 Over Ear.
- When I configure Audacious on 24bits, I heard differences between mp3 320kbps 44.1khz and 48khz ... and prefer 48khz, the sound is more sharp. On 44.1khz songs the sound seems damped and smthg stranger : right channel seems more damped than the left one on the two headphones ...
- When I configure Audacious on 16bits, there is no differences between mp3 320kbps 44.1khz and 48khz and the sound is more realistic on both of them ... more soundstage, better spatialisation, sharper, precise ...
Is it my ears (35years) ? Is it the DAC wich saturate on 24bits ? Or is it the Little Dot amp ? Does mp3 codec at 320kbps 44.1khz is degraded in 24bits or downsampled/heavily upsampled ? I thought putting the player in 24bits I'll have more accurate sound on hight rate mp3 ... why does it sound less accurate and sometime damped ? That's the same on FLAC soundtrack ...
Thks for all wich gives explanations, I really want to understand this phenomenon (technical explanation are really welcome even on the os tweaking).
Many thks
Computer under Linux Unbuntu using ALSA (for bitperfect) => DAC HRT Music Streaming V1 16/24bits on USB => Audacious using the Alsa Drivers for bitperfect with any plugin activated (even crystaliser) => Little Dot I+ with Burson V5i OpA and Voskhod Gold plate tube from 1963 => Grado Sr80 / Sennheiser Momentum 1 Over Ear.
- When I configure Audacious on 24bits, I heard differences between mp3 320kbps 44.1khz and 48khz ... and prefer 48khz, the sound is more sharp. On 44.1khz songs the sound seems damped and smthg stranger : right channel seems more damped than the left one on the two headphones ...
- When I configure Audacious on 16bits, there is no differences between mp3 320kbps 44.1khz and 48khz and the sound is more realistic on both of them ... more soundstage, better spatialisation, sharper, precise ...
Is it my ears (35years) ? Is it the DAC wich saturate on 24bits ? Or is it the Little Dot amp ? Does mp3 codec at 320kbps 44.1khz is degraded in 24bits or downsampled/heavily upsampled ? I thought putting the player in 24bits I'll have more accurate sound on hight rate mp3 ... why does it sound less accurate and sometime damped ? That's the same on FLAC soundtrack ...
Thks for all wich gives explanations, I really want to understand this phenomenon (technical explanation are really welcome even on the os tweaking).
Many thks