My original idea was to try checking if I can notice the difference between one of those massive 24-192k or even f32-384k, and some more conventional 16-44.1k or 24-48k. But after some checking around I got stuck in the dither option and I found a little hard to understand the algorithm differences.

So basically it was a small experiment and since apparently files over 24-48k are suppose to be non distinguishable for most humans (if not all, but that is probably a can of worms I don’t want to open), I found those massive hires files to be a waste of space for no particular gain other than brag about how many TBs of hires music I have. Anyway, I am still learning :D

Thanks for the great insight, it is interesting to learn about these details. I think that of I keep the FLACs 24 bit-48k it might not be the dither as you mention. Maybe dither becomes a lot more useful on some situations like podcast production to avoid the extra noise while keeping a relatively small file size.