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@newt
More than 44.1kHz 16bit makes sense for mastering archiving, but not for end user.

@newt
>24bits definitely adds resolution
Yes, but it's not actually needed. To properly make full use of that added resolution, you'd need to blast music loud enough to incur hearing damage.

@newt
>The idea behind using highres audio is that lowpass filters eat shit, and if you record live instruments at 44kHz
Either you misspoke, or you don't understand how recording digital audio works.

The 44.1kHz of the CD is NOT your audio frequency. It's the sample rate. With that sample rate you're reproducing sounds at as high as 22.05kHz. And there's really not much going up there with even classic music instruments. You're not recording live instruments at 44kHz, cause they just don't produce sound that high (and not even at 22.05kHz). It's why lossy encoders like mp3 cut off with lowpass filters even lower, at 16-18 kHz.
Sure, in theory you get those artifacts, but in practice you don't actually hear them, unless you did something REALLY WRONG during mastering.

@newt
If you think you can hear above 22khz, good luck with that delusion.

@newt
There's educated audiophiles, and then there's placebo peddlers.

What you encountered is the latter.
The former will tell you that things like tubes are bs. Anything over CD quality is imperceptible. You don't need special cables to carry digital signals etc.

Unpopular opinion:
Saying "Hitler did nothing wrong" is not that edgy anymore. You should be saying "Biden did nothing wrong" to actually be edgy and get offended reactions.

Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?

Elon posted this...thought it would be good one for here also...

Boost for larger sample ;)

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is a Nuclear Wasteland

@lottev
Definitely printer. They ruin your listening experience when they run.

@Jdogg247
If you're scared of men dressed as military, that says a lot about what your activities are.

I've been pushing my brain to come up with a ridiculous phony audiophile product idea. It seemed like everything was taken already. And it just hit me. Why not an audiophile screen? We're used to gaming monitors, why not an audiophile one.
Now I just need to think how I can advertise a better screen improving audio quality.

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