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I'm not even quite sure how to phrase my question, but here it goes...

So my DAC has LED's for 44, 96, 176 and so forth. I tried to get an understanding on how the different bit rates affect quality, but quickly became confused with bit depth, Flac files, Redbook and other terminology which all plays into the equation.
Can anyone point me to a dumb-down, digital for dummies kind of resource?
Thank you.
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erik_squires
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@audiomaze

They are different mathematical ways to deal with aliasing. For the most part, they affect the high frequency reproduction. Technically they each have their pros and cons but practically you should listen and decide for yourself which you prefer.
audiomaze
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Thanks Erik for that.
jg2077
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@61falcon - thank you for asking; I always wondered the same, however, I didn't want to ask... 

Thank you all who commented/made sense of it.

Best,
Jose 
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bryhifi
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http://www.realhd-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140514_bit_length_sr_comp_avs.jpg

61falcon,

A visual that helps paint a broad simplified aspect of the first steps in bit rate / sampling rate.
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anotherbob
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I too, have a Blusound (the Node 2i) and the highest quality Qobuz sounds much better than Tidal MQA in most cases.  But in reality it is so dependent on the quality of the recording.
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