I have a vinyl collection but use apple music losses when i feel like streaming. Wondering what some of the other options out there are. I think apple caps at 24bit 192hz and my DAC claims it can handle 32bit 384hz. Not sure how to even find files like this to test it out.
Most of the streaming services will offer multiple versions of an album so you can listen for yourself and see if you can hear a difference and if the difference you hear is actually better instead of just a different.
To do this right you would engage the services of a friend to switch between versions in a random fashion to see which you prefer. Since this is a royal pain in the ass no one actually does it. They just talk about doing it.
I have a variety of hi-rez sources and they all sound great. Then so does 16/44.1 so there’s that.
A truism is “Anything over xx bits and yy sample rate is beyond the capabilities of human hearing.
You can insert any numbers you want for xx and yy and start a great discussion/argument.
What we know is that studios seldomly master in anything over 24/96, unless they are using DSD aka SACD.