Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?

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Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?
« on: 3 Aug 2011, 08:25 pm »
Not all improvements actually are an improvement. Some interesting tests on high resolution here:
http://www.ultrahighendforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6162

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Re: Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?
« Reply #1 on: 3 Aug 2011, 09:16 pm »
Not all improvements actually are an improvement. Some interesting tests on high resolution here:
http://www.ultrahighendforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6162

Interesting :scratch:

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Re: Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?
« Reply #2 on: 3 Aug 2011, 09:23 pm »
Hi-Fi News magazine conducted similar tests on various high resolution files.
Their conclusion was that some of the anomalies could be traced to the fact that those particular files were not true 24/192 files.
They were, in fact, upsampled versions of lower resolution files.
Could this be the case here?

Kyri

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Re: Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?
« Reply #3 on: 3 Aug 2011, 09:27 pm »
Comparing apples to oranges perhaps but....I know that some guitar amps are so clear I feel all I make are mistakes because of being so sensitive.
Leo fender,back in the day,rejected some speakers for the same reason......
At the end of the day I think it comes down to the  quality of the recording,and type of music and some experimenting to find the best resolution for each album.

Or Not ..lol

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Re: Hi-Rez or too Hi-Rez?
« Reply #4 on: 4 Aug 2011, 06:17 pm »
Hi-Fi News magazine conducted similar tests on various high resolution files.
Their conclusion was that some of the anomalies could be traced to the fact that those particular files were not true 24/192 files.
They were, in fact, upsampled versions of lower resolution files.
Could this be the case here?

Kyri

Apparently the files were downsampled from the same DXD (352.8/24) file. So the original file is much higher in resolution even. I kinda doubt that a company like 2L would deceive her clients by selling "low res" as high res...