From Mark Kolmar Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 01:26
From Mark Kolmar Sent Fri, Feb 19th 1999, 01:26
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, ChairCrusher wrote: > I'd like to see some rigorous blind tests with a large number of people > to see who can actually hear the difference between 24/96 and 16/44. > Knowing how variable these things are, I'd guess that only a relatively > small percentage of people could really hear the difference [...] I can detect a very small difference between 16 bit and 24 bit processing at 44.1KHz. But then I am among the maybe 1% of people for whom speaker wire thicker than 16 guage is a relevant concern. Blessing or curse? If for example your speaker wires are different lengths for the left and right channels, and you don't notice a problem, the extra bits and potential frequency response are not going to mean much. I've put together an excellent, semi-high-end audio system, and for me it was money well spent. However, any fool who thinks a stereo is going to accurately reproduce the low end of a big pipe organ or the highest notes of a violin probably deserves to be robbed of their money. --Mark __ Burning Rome : SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14 > Distributed by Dutch East India Trading, Com Four, and Carrot Top < < http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome > < MP3 & RealAudio tracks >