Pettyofficer,
"Not so fast, Chadeffect. You still need an additional DAC
to convert 16/44, 24/44, 24/48, 24/88, 24/96, 24/176,
24/192, 24/196, and we all know 32 bit Music Files..."
No you dont need an additional DAC. All DACs will do pretty much all those rates today. If not convert the file to your DACs capability. Keep your money.
If its a choice between eating & highend audio, you had better eat and not worry about sample rates...
As I told you earlier in above posts. You do not need the latest DAC. All reasonably modern DACs can do what you need. And there are plenty of "cheap" DACs which are more than capable.
Will you really feel left out if you have to convert some crazily high sample rate to a more usable 44.1/88.2/96/192k? Will you start crying because you cannot playback 32 bit recordings when you can't afford bread to eat?
Please get a grip. You will always be able to convert files to what you need while keeping the original. Don't give any guys your money. Please eat.
But if you have enough money to eat & wish to spend on highend audio, a decent DAC giving you mind boggling quality can be 'cheap'. Espacially in a world full of people trying to sell you $100,000 speakers or $4,000 anti vibration platforms or $13,000 inter connects.
Take the fact that whatever happens now we are dealing with files. Not tapes or whatever that need specific hardware to play them. Unlike those out of date those tape machines (DATs/DCC/Minidisk/Tape decks,reel to reels etc) which are now door stops or quaint memories, you can turn your file into what you need for your DAC to process. Be it 16 bit,24 bit,32 bit or 64 bit. You choose.
Is this clear Petty? Your worst case sample rate is 16 bit. It's seems you are happy playing CDs at that.
I can tell you it will be a long while before you see real 32 bit music. The pro audio recording standard DACs are hardly there yet. They are nearly all 24 bit 192k capable with most set to record at 24 bit and 44.1 or 96k.
Unless you really want to record at 192k as an artist, which would limit a lot of the processing capabilities of the studio, it will be the above rates. I know of few studio effects processors that can do real 192k processing. The effects will dither it then bring it back up unless going analogue. So pointless. Obviously acoustic recordings like orchestras would not need the effects processing so are more likely to be true 192k.
"Not so fast, Chadeffect. You still need an additional DAC
to convert 16/44, 24/44, 24/48, 24/88, 24/96, 24/176,
24/192, 24/196, and we all know 32 bit Music Files..."
No you dont need an additional DAC. All DACs will do pretty much all those rates today. If not convert the file to your DACs capability. Keep your money.
If its a choice between eating & highend audio, you had better eat and not worry about sample rates...
As I told you earlier in above posts. You do not need the latest DAC. All reasonably modern DACs can do what you need. And there are plenty of "cheap" DACs which are more than capable.
Will you really feel left out if you have to convert some crazily high sample rate to a more usable 44.1/88.2/96/192k? Will you start crying because you cannot playback 32 bit recordings when you can't afford bread to eat?
Please get a grip. You will always be able to convert files to what you need while keeping the original. Don't give any guys your money. Please eat.
But if you have enough money to eat & wish to spend on highend audio, a decent DAC giving you mind boggling quality can be 'cheap'. Espacially in a world full of people trying to sell you $100,000 speakers or $4,000 anti vibration platforms or $13,000 inter connects.
Take the fact that whatever happens now we are dealing with files. Not tapes or whatever that need specific hardware to play them. Unlike those out of date those tape machines (DATs/DCC/Minidisk/Tape decks,reel to reels etc) which are now door stops or quaint memories, you can turn your file into what you need for your DAC to process. Be it 16 bit,24 bit,32 bit or 64 bit. You choose.
Is this clear Petty? Your worst case sample rate is 16 bit. It's seems you are happy playing CDs at that.
I can tell you it will be a long while before you see real 32 bit music. The pro audio recording standard DACs are hardly there yet. They are nearly all 24 bit 192k capable with most set to record at 24 bit and 44.1 or 96k.
Unless you really want to record at 192k as an artist, which would limit a lot of the processing capabilities of the studio, it will be the above rates. I know of few studio effects processors that can do real 192k processing. The effects will dither it then bring it back up unless going analogue. So pointless. Obviously acoustic recordings like orchestras would not need the effects processing so are more likely to be true 192k.