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TEST: 24-bit vs. 16-bit audio - can you hear the difference?

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maty

Re: TEST: 24-bit vs. 16-bit audio - can you hear the difference?
« Reply #20 on: 17 Dec 2019, 12:49 pm »
Discrimination of High-Resolution Audio without Music by Fukuda, Yuki; Ishimitsu, Shunsuke

AES Convention: 147 (October 2019)

https://secure.aes.org/forum/pubs/conventions/?elib=20690

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Re: TEST: 24-bit vs. 16-bit audio - can you hear the difference?
« Reply #21 on: 17 Dec 2019, 02:04 pm »
Test with 48, 96 and 192 kHz and not with 44 kHz. 16/44 was a bad choice but understandable at the time, not today.

If we made a difthering from 24 to 16 bits usually we can hear difference depending on the algorithm used. Therefore, in vinyl rips, usually WAV / AIFF 24/192 or 24-32/384, it is better to keep 24-bits. FLAC 0 to 192 kHz and / or 96 kHz depending on the recording quality is a good idea.
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maty

Re: TEST: 24-bit vs. 16-bit audio - can you hear the difference?
« Reply #22 on: 17 Dec 2019, 03:57 pm »
https://music.eku.edu/sites/music.eku.edu/files/ekuhealthandsafety.pdf



Symphonic music peak: 120 - 137dB

Human ear, outside an anechoic chamber, begins to perceive sound about 19 - 21 dB (a very important fact when choosing a really silent fan).

At least we need about 100 dB -> at least 18-bits -> 24-bits.
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