44 KHZ 16 bits

Posted by: antmast on 01 September 2014

You know. I am recently bought Hotter than July, 1980, Stevie Wonder from Qobuz. I like this cd, and bought it even though it was only 44khz, 16 bits. Cd quality. However the sound engineering has me actually looking around the room when I play it with my UnitiServe SSD . The sound is sooo snappy and sooo clean.  Has anyone had a similar experience with a 44khz 16 bit  flac file.

Posted on: 01 September 2014 by nudgerwilliams

Paul Simon Still Crazy After All These Years.  FLAC rip off the recently purchased CD.

 

IMO the biggest influence on whether a recording sounds good is whether it was recorded and mastered well in the first place, and it's less about sample rate, bit depth, encoding format. 

 

I've got hi-res stuff that sounds awful (Gary Clark Jr Blak and Blu being a good example), and some that sounds great.  Same with 44.1/16k stuff.

Posted on: 02 September 2014 by Mike-B
Originally Posted by nudgerwilliams:

IMO the biggest influence on whether a recording sounds good is whether it was recorded and mastered well in the first place, and it's less about sample rate, bit depth, encoding format. 

+1  

However my hi-res recordings are the most selected albums in my music store.  Maybe its because they are new & my-kinda-music,  so that argument maybe does not stack up.

I do tend to look out for remastered hi-res as with a new mix formatted specifically for the abilities of hi-res they invariably sound better.

But I am reluctant/refuse to buy a hi-res copy of my really good quality 16/44's rips just to get a hi-res version from the same master.