29 Mar
2013
29 Mar
'13
10:43 a.m.
On 03/29/2013 03:31 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 06:31:24PM +0100, Jostein Chr.
Andersen wrote:
True, it's controversial, but people often mix what is nice with
accurate playing, this subject have two sides:
One is the fact that the ear won't hear over 20k, and for most adults
(even some younger people this days) 12-16k is max
Despite this, many people are enjoying 60k amps even when the recording
is let's say a 44.1. And also vinyl even when the dynamics and frequency
range are bad which leads to the second fact: Distortion, bad dynamics,
interference and other stuff can sound pleasing.
In my conclusion, one have to respect both sides.
48Khz will not help at all when it comes to
artifacts and the raw
material is usually in 44.1 (and sometimes in 96 or 192) anyway.
Speaking about bitrates higher than what the human ear can hear,
here is some cool info about high bit rates:
http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
This is highly controversal amongst audio enthusiasts. (Don't mean the
link, just the subject.)
Interesting discussion:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/13/03/22/178213/can-you-really-hear…