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mayaux
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Jan 23, 2019
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A few considerations:
  • Music services state they stream HD in 320 kbps, this is not HD, neither is CD quality.
Spotify stream 160 or 320 kbps CD quality stream is 1500 kbps HD quality 24/44 to 24/196 streams at 2000 to 5000 kbps
  • More expensive equipment is likely to give better results only with well recorded and mastered source material.
  • Headphone listening only gives you partial feeling of the music in your ears. Listening through hifi speakers will give you physical feeling in your guts; this is where you hear and feel the difference between a CD and say 24/96.
  • David Elias has some free HD /DSD downloads.

Jan 23, 2019
Duncan
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Jan 24, 2019
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mayauxLove the bullets. This was helpful. Will check out Elias! Do you have some links to save me some time? lol
Jan 24, 2019
CodyElliott1234
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Jan 25, 2019
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Duncanthe detail you hear in a pair of high quality headphones or iems is lost upon playing it through a pair of speakers. you will notice a significant difference in the way the music feels when you listen with headphones vs speakers.
Jan 25, 2019
Florianski
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Jan 26, 2019
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mayauxSo you say that you can hear a difference between 320 kb/s and 5000kb/s? What next? Can you also hear grass growing?
Jan 26, 2019
mayaux
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Jan 29, 2019
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FlorianskiFind out if you can hear the difference: http://www.soundkeeperrecordings.com/format.htm

Jan 29, 2019
Florianski
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Jan 29, 2019
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mayauxCool Website, nice songs but still no audible difference.
Jan 29, 2019
mayaux
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Jan 31, 2019
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FlorianskiMost likely your ears are not (yet) trained to listen for any differences or your equipment is not able to render the nuances.
Jan 31, 2019
Florianski
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Jan 31, 2019
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mayauxOr maybe im just not affected by expectations and placebo. The human ear is simply not precise enough to notice these differences.
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Jan 31, 2019
mayaux
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Jan 31, 2019
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CodyElliott1234I do not understand what detail you are losing when playing through speakers. I am playing 24/192 music with A&K 70 and Philips Fidelio X2 for portable and through Naim Uniti and ALR E4 speakers. There is no loss of sound, it is just different in terms of positioning of instruments and soundstage, in fact it is often better through speakers.
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Jan 31, 2019
mayaux
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Feb 6, 2019
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FlorianskiThere is a reason why sound engineers use 24bit/192 Khz/s and up to record studio masters. No one is obliged to hear the difference but pity if you don't experience it.
Feb 6, 2019
Florianski
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Feb 6, 2019
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mayauxThe real reason why sound engineers record in 24/192 is simple: They have more information to work with. They dont hear a difference either but the more sound information you have the better you can edit and master audio. In the end even professional sound engineers compress their finished track down so that it sounds good but doesnt waste a lot of space. Its the same as in professional photography. They use RAW format (uncompressed) to edit their image and in the end when their work is finished they convert it to jpeg or png. But in the end you are free to believe whatever you want and if you want to believe in 24/192 or headphone burn in or all that other audiophile bullshit then do so.
Feb 6, 2019
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