Resampling my music collection


Suppose I wanted to do a static resampling of my music collection in the form of lossless audio files. Would there be an advantage to resampling to 96 kHz rather than 48 kHz? The only quibble I have with 96 kHz is that it would make the files twice the size.

One of the reasons I want to do a static resample is that if I want to do any DSP during playback, I don't have to worry about the resampling ability of the DSP software that I use.
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I have the same interest. I just started my quest to do it...I know that Wave Editor can do it http://www.audiofile-engineering.com/waveeditor/ and Amarra is working on finishing it up. Some have reported great results. Yes, file size will be larger but disk space is much less expensive then your music. The other thing I would consider is if you really need to do all your music. I'm not just b/c some of it I really don't listen to critcally. I'll be curious to read others thoughts on this.
From a pure engineering perspective, upsampling to 96KHz would be better - the DAC analog filter will have less of an effect on the hi freq of the music.
You trade off disk space vs. audio quality - disk space is relatively cheap today.

that if I want to do any DSP during playback, I don't have to worry about the resampling ability of the DSP software that I use

what do you mean by "resampling ability"?
* whether the DSP software can upsample or not?
* OR, how good a job it does upsampling?

If you are talking about how good a job it does upsampling then you have the very same issue to resolve w/ the software you are going to use to upsample to 96KHz, no?
OR, are you telling us that you can buy a much cheaper, hi-end static upsampling software compared to a unit that(supposedly) does on-the-fly upsampling?
If I resample my music statically then I don't have to worry about the mediocre real time resampling ability of various playback software. Obviously, I won't be using the same software to do a static resample that I would for playback.

resample ability = the quality of the resampling
Jtwrace, I am not a Mac user and will not become one until they have an equivalent to PowerDVD. And by equivalent, I mean support 100% or more of PowerDVD's features. The full, retail version of PowerDVD.

I also need software that can resample and apply de-emphasis with 64 bit precision. The only thing I've found that does what I want is SOX (Sound Exchange). The fact that it is free is actually a turn off, but there isn't any payware that will do what it does.
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What about http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp