yes same tracks. Def also different from 16/44.1 and 24/192. One example track was everglow by Coldplay. It's mainly in space perception and decay of the piano notes for example. This inner nuance stuff. I mean am 28 and I play music 10 hrs a day. Also when I listen to stuff I listen on very low volume. Even with the gimped eu zx2 I listened maybe at 5-8% volume max. Definitely saves your hearing in the long run.Quick question Dithy,
When you compared 16 and 24bit, was it from the same master? I was quite certain I could hear a difference but when it came to the crunch and I did some ABX testing, I just couldn't tell one from the other. I was actually quite pleased because it meant I could down sample most of my music collection and make some space
Your hearing is clearly better than mine though if you can still hear up to 20k. I max out at 13.5k, but that does seem fairly average for someone my age as I am now in my early forties.
Hmm, that is quite annoying. I believe Foobar has a plugin, but it will probably be a bit more fiddly and I also don't know how well they cater for those with sight issues.
I like what you did there
Quick question Dithy,
When you compared 16 and 24bit, was it from the same master? I was quite certain I could hear a difference but when it came to the crunch and I did some ABX testing, I just couldn't tell one from the other. I was actually quite pleased because it meant I could down sample most of my music collection and make some space
Your hearing is clearly better than mine though if you can still hear up to 20k. I max out at 13.5k, but that does seem fairly average for someone my age as I am now in my early forties.
yes same tracks. Def also different from 16/44.1 and 24/192. One example track was everglow by Coldplay. It's mainly in space perception and decay of the piano notes for example. This inner nuance stuff. I mean am 28 and I play music 10 hrs a day. Also when I listen to stuff I listen on very low volume. Even with the gimped eu zx2 I listened maybe at 5-8% volume max. Definitely saves your hearing in the long run.
Maybe I'm a bit deaf, but I felt the difference between 16/44 and 24/192 with the same mastering only on my deeply modified Ibasso DX100. The only difference for me is the quality of treble. However, it was unsufficient.
I mostly use Hifiman 801, so I'm not tormented by the problem of HiRes
On the contrary, if you can hear the difference at all, then you have better hearing than most. It takes pretty exceptional hearing to differentiate between 16bit audio and above, with many who claim they can unable to do so in a test environment.
Mr CraftyClown here has brought me to the darkside. I had the mojo first but I feel it's really midcentric with rolled off treble. Also bass at times feel thuddish. There is this weird digital treble grain with the mojo....like it tries to be so detailed yet smooth at the same time. Then I got a zx2 and listened single ended. Imaging was better but was not pleased. Then went balanced...then it was a total beast. Way better imaging. Great all around resolution and detail. Esp inner detail like when a singer sustains a note. You can hear all the fluctuations and the grain in the voice. You can also hear silence and lisps in some singers. Also I love the drums and cymbal hits...just love that shizzz zz of that cymbal. Just the deal breaker with the Sony was....I couldn't use my studio monitors with them because of weak output and I didn't want to go pita balanced cable. Also the lack of dac functionality. Yoy cant listen to the sony other than out of stock player so it makes tidal useless on it. I do miss it after listening to my brand new go v2+ infinity. Though it sounds good balanced and more detailed, I don't find it very emotional and inner nuances arent there either. The percussion is like tizz tizz and there is slight digital grain and less meat around all the notes vs zx2. Hence I decided to get a qp1r after hearing drummers say it sounds ok(now that had become a deal breaker). I don't need to stack and also have usb dac functionality and don't need a seperate amp. Also has line out for my studio monitors so all in all...prob best purchase in an all in one, but all depends on the sound when I hear it when it comes. Will let you know my thoughts. Just only thing that scares me is that wheel ><. Hope it isn't too smooth.
