by Not_tech_savy » Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:25 pm
Peke wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 6:07 pm
Hi,
Simple shown this is the difference of 12 vs 16 vs 24:
if put in words then:
-24/96 recording means higher audio resolution-more than 250 times higher than in 16/44.1
-The recording in 24/96 occupies approximately 3.25 times the recording space in 16/44.1
FLAC compress uncompressed Lossless Audio in 1/2 rate.
Main benefit of High Quality Audio is that Higher frequencies are in some cases present and even heard, but taking incount that most fo Common/Mid Range equipment have response range 15-28,000 Hz (Commonly 20-20,000 Hz) Which means that my
Focusrite Solo Soundcard specs and My main headphones
Audio Technica ATH-M70x are capable to produce 5-40,000Hz to my ears and only few orchestral classical tracks recorded in 24/192 actually produce higher frequnces that are aprox. 95% quieter than rest of freq. I can almost hear them as vibrations on a very high volume and isolated using Logarithmic EQ when post processing Audio. Unlike My PC when I had privilege to listen HQ Sample LP on VPI Prime Turntable in 2017 at local Audiophile Store. Then I really felt what is full range Audio in comparison of same recording at 24/96 and 24/192.
Also good reads are at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200426050 ... young.html
https://www.headphonesty.com/2019/07/sa ... -bit-rate/
In the end it all goes to subjective opinion, as personally I have seen many people fail double blind test when it comes to Audio Quality.
Hope I cleared few things. I personally RIP in Original format of Media and FLAC that preserves lossless audio data.
That cleared up quite a bit thank you. So I was just going for 24/44.1 to 48 and a high bit rate. Mostly listen on wireless wf1000xm4 earphones that have ldac and on my car stereo. (Android auto and a new subwoofer)
At least half of my music came from the torrenting craze of 12 or so years ago. I'm in the process of buying it all and want the highest quality my earphones and car stereo can play. Not expecting a huge difference maybe just a bit more crisp.
Mostly listen to Hip-Hop/Rap and Rock/Metal, I'm thinking pre 2,000s I'll do aac and after that flac. Would you have an opinion on that?
So according to your articles 16/44.1 with a bitrate of 192 should be the best for most use cases? If it has a good encoder?
And then do you recommend any websites to buy from? Itunes is my go to.
Streaming is out of the question for me, looking to purchase and download everything.
[quote=Peke post_id=489059 time=1634771242 user_id=213]
Hi,
Simple shown this is the difference of 12 vs 16 vs 24:
[img]http://mp4gain.com/mp4gain/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/figure3_20090510063012.jpg[/img]
if put in words then:
-24/96 recording means higher audio resolution-more than 250 times higher than in 16/44.1
-The recording in 24/96 occupies approximately 3.25 times the recording space in 16/44.1
FLAC compress uncompressed Lossless Audio in 1/2 rate.
Main benefit of High Quality Audio is that Higher frequencies are in some cases present and even heard, but taking incount that most fo Common/Mid Range equipment have response range 15-28,000 Hz (Commonly 20-20,000 Hz) Which means that my [url=https://focusrite.com/en/audio-interface/scarlett/scarlett-solo#specs]Focusrite Solo Soundcard specs[/url] and My main headphones [url=https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/ath-m70x#spec-tab]Audio Technica ATH-M70x[/url] are capable to produce 5-40,000Hz to my ears and only few orchestral classical tracks recorded in 24/192 actually produce higher frequnces that are aprox. 95% quieter than rest of freq. I can almost hear them as vibrations on a very high volume and isolated using Logarithmic EQ when post processing Audio. Unlike My PC when I had privilege to listen HQ Sample LP on VPI Prime Turntable in 2017 at local Audiophile Store. Then I really felt what is full range Audio in comparison of same recording at 24/96 and 24/192.
Also good reads are at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200426050432/https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
https://www.headphonesty.com/2019/07/sample-rate-bit-depth-bit-rate/
In the end it all goes to subjective opinion, as personally I have seen many people fail double blind test when it comes to Audio Quality.
Hope I cleared few things. I personally RIP in Original format of Media and FLAC that preserves lossless audio data.
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That cleared up quite a bit thank you. So I was just going for 24/44.1 to 48 and a high bit rate. Mostly listen on wireless wf1000xm4 earphones that have ldac and on my car stereo. (Android auto and a new subwoofer)
At least half of my music came from the torrenting craze of 12 or so years ago. I'm in the process of buying it all and want the highest quality my earphones and car stereo can play. Not expecting a huge difference maybe just a bit more crisp.
Mostly listen to Hip-Hop/Rap and Rock/Metal, I'm thinking pre 2,000s I'll do aac and after that flac. Would you have an opinion on that?
So according to your articles 16/44.1 with a bitrate of 192 should be the best for most use cases? If it has a good encoder?
And then do you recommend any websites to buy from? Itunes is my go to.
Streaming is out of the question for me, looking to purchase and download everything.