StanD
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It makes me want to throw all my high-res gear in the bucket
I'd recommend the FS forum, plenty of audiophiles ready for you to unload the kit on.
It makes me want to throw all my high-res gear in the bucket
Decided to try this out. I just got a bunch of Michael Jackson's albums on CD and I wanted to see how they sounded differently from the HD masters.
I should be recording some vinyl soon,so I may upload a blind test for you people. No graphs, just ears.
Providing I can get the thing rigged up.
It will be The KLF - White Room recorded at 24/48, so I can save space and processing time. Some other vinyl like older Pink Floyd, Jazz maybe..who knows. There's a lot to choose from.
I read the article. Like I said, I'm not an engineer but I was a audio tech and business owner. The article makes a lot of sense. So, as stated or implied in other articles as well. Both Dither and component quality in recording may have more of an impact on SQ than higher bit or sampling rates.
FWIW: Dithering with respect to different time bases is not an issue if the source sample rate is an integral multiple or divisor of the playback rate. For example: Source @ 176.4 will downsample fine to 88.2 or 44.1 without dithering. The interpolation of missing bits is not destructive. Look for these multiples if you are interested in hi-res content. Higher sample rates don't always mean better sound if your DAC does not directly support a sample rate or an integral divisor. For example: iPhone DACs are decent but iOS do not support much beyond 44.1/16 - yet. 96KHz and 192 KHz content will not generally downsample well as 88.2 KHz and 176.4 KHz.
Also, variation in bit depth never causes dithering. It can result in minor dynamic compression depending the loudness range being represented in source and playback.
Here is a good summary of the issues (Hint: Don't read if you believe in magic):
http://bitperfectsound.blogspot.ca/2015/05/how-does-sample-rate-conversion-work.html