lads....yes. get JRiver 18 and buy a couple of 24/96 albums from HD Tracks...you will hear the difference.
Apple lossless -vs-24/96
I have amassed quite a bit of an itunes library and just recently got a wadia151 that I absolutely love! I have converted all my files to apple lossless at 16 bit 44.1khz. Would I benefit from 24/96 since my 151 is capable of that? If so how would I do it?
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Some upsamplers such as Wave Editor on Mac do a good job of upsampling. This can improve the playback sound quality of a 44.1 track on most DACs. Why? Because the digital filter in the DAC has less impact on the music data at 96 than at 44.1. The filter "knee" is much lower in frequency for 44.1 files. If your DAC has selectable digital filters than you can get around this nad make 44.1 sound really good. This is what my DAC has. Steve N. Empirical Audio |
In J River, you need to use WASAPI, WASAPI - Event, or Kernel Streaming. Set that in Tools - Options -Audio - Audio Output. If you are using Direct Sound you get the Windows audio, which is usually does not do 24/96. Also check under Audio - DSP & Output Modes to be sure you are passing 24/96 with no change. I also use this little tool to see how much content there is in a track above 20KHz. You can also use Audacity or other tools for a more precise look at the file. It is surprising how many HDTracks 24/96 tracks have very little content above 20KHz. |
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