Roller
Headphoneus Supremus
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2010
- Posts
- 3,813
- Likes
- 86
It's good that you've been reading such articles, as they do point out very well how above 16/44.1 yields better results, and also why I find that 24/96 to be superior and closest to ideal. I understand very well what you mean about marketing nonsense flying around, which is why I couldn't care less for 192KHz and above, as it is irrelevant for what truly matters.
And yes, of course that a properly mastered 16/44.1 can be superior to a not so well mastered 24/96, but the fact is that virtually all records that have been properly mastered on both 16/44.1 and 24/48, 24/88.2 and 24/96, the higher formats beat the standard Redbook in just about any point. Unfortunately, high quality high resolution content is a small percentage of the whole audio format environment, but it's definitely what should grow up to replace common formats like Redbook standard. The moment high res gets widespread adoption, the costs will be reduced, and eventually there will be no point on using standard definition content, except going below standard definition into lossy for streaming purposes and similar.
And yes, of course that a properly mastered 16/44.1 can be superior to a not so well mastered 24/96, but the fact is that virtually all records that have been properly mastered on both 16/44.1 and 24/48, 24/88.2 and 24/96, the higher formats beat the standard Redbook in just about any point. Unfortunately, high quality high resolution content is a small percentage of the whole audio format environment, but it's definitely what should grow up to replace common formats like Redbook standard. The moment high res gets widespread adoption, the costs will be reduced, and eventually there will be no point on using standard definition content, except going below standard definition into lossy for streaming purposes and similar.