I mostly listen to music on a Windows pc with a FIIO Q7, HD560 in Foobar2k, which I consider to be literally baby level gear compare with the setups and gear some users have here. Anyway, I have been checking on rebuilding my music library and I notice that FLACs with 24b-48kHz really sound different from the previous tracks I had, but above that i.e., 24b-96kHz, 24b-192kHz or even DSF tracks does not sound different at all.
Sorry if this is a stupid question, I literally just change from some Marshall Monitors and listening music in windows VLC to this beginner level gear. So, I assume my lack of knowledge and lack of higher level gear is the culprit to me not finding any difference with quality levels above 48kHz. I hope the community can help me with some insights for me to understand a little more, and tweak something’s while I get use to this hobby.
PD. I am not planning on buying more gear at the moment, maybe in the future I will get into more advance level stuff.
Really nothing wrong with quality lossy codecs, like Ogg Vorbis 320 Kbps. Very very few people can actually tell the difference between that and lossless.
I’d say most audiophiles can’t tell the difference between opus 160kbps and lossless. There was a post a while back that challenged this sub and only one guy even got it right.
At 256vbr it audibly becomes a wash with 1411.
What sorry?
256Kbps variable bitrate compressed audio vs. CD uncompressed audio 1411kbps.
Yes, but what about it?
The difference between for example 256 Kbps AAC and 44.1/16 is tiny, most people can’t tell the difference.
That’s where the difference between technically lossy vs. perceptually lossy becomes relevant.
If I remember correctly, there were some studies which showed strong arguments, that OGG Vorbis is technically lossy while being perceptually lossless.
Exactly. It’s so good it’s considered to generally be transparent because it is borderline impossible to tell the difference between that and lossless 44.1/16.