24-bit is the answer because anything less is closer to CD quality. Great videos with clear & interesting information for the sound enthusiast. Keep up the excellent work, guys!
Answer: B) 24bits Thanks for bringing content for this topic, I've been looking for more options and your channel shed a light into the world of high definition audio.
Thank you for leading me into this video. Now I undrerstand what that logo means. It is true that not all products has it and this is a great consumer guide.
There's no audio equipment that can actually capture 24bit audio. Everything with 24 bit has a noise floor of around 90-110dB. So in most cases you gain absolutely nothing with "HD". And even with recordings that actually exceed 96 dB resolution of a CD, you won't be able to hear it because the volume needed to reach that is long after your amp clips or your hearing dies. (To hear the 90 dB noise you have to add it to 30 dB surrounding noise of a silent room.) Please point me to a master that actually has usable audio information at 40+ kHz (96 kHz sampling rate). Have you actually analyzed your audio. The additional information is used for noise shaping. Whatever is captured in the high frequencies is garbage information. It is always only ever used to be cut off - everybody in pro audio can confirm that for you. And that's coming from the people who create whatever you listen to.
When are you doing a blind listening test ? Mp3 320 kbps vs anything you want on the lossless end. See how many times you get out of 10 attempts to discern the lossy from the lossless
skypjuh This is doable but will largely depend on the recording. With a high crest factor and barely audible noise floor, you will notice that the MP3 will sound cleaner as it will remove the background noise as “inaudible information”. But again, you need a high crest factor to be able to pump the volume high enough.
Would be an interesting video to do in the future! Probably a logistical nightmare to pull off but seeing the expressions at guessing wrong would probably be pretty entertaining.
@@hifiheadphones You could generate the audio track yourself. Add some noise at around 80 dB, do a simple recording (or generate tones) with 20 LU, peak at 0 dbU. Encoding that file at bitrates that are believed to create artifacts should remove the noise.
Highly dependent on the sound used but something with a lot of acoustic instruments will be easy to pick the hi-res lossless of as mp3's and even CD lossless sound flat
Answer for the comp - B: 24bit. Really informative video, never knew this much detail before. Audio quality can be so subjective in how people talk about it, it's good to see how it actually works. I'm curious as to the final comment on your views on vinyl.
In terms of the 'why go higher than 20-20Hz' question. Personally I have found that the 'experience' and 'immersion into the music' of my listening is much improved the higher the bit depth and sample rates - its not so much about how much better it sounds, more about how the mind settles into the music as oppose to lossy formats
Very interesting! I'm glad to hear it makes such a difference for you. I think there's a tendency to speak in black-and-white absolutes when it comes to stuff like this, but it's a completely personal experience, different for everyone!
@@maxheadroom7931 Excuse me? Did you say ' oh that's interesting, I have a different experience, please tell me more or clarify in more detail' ? No, sorry my mistake - you have just dismissed years of experience by proclaiming I wont be able to 'hear it' and its just placebo ?!?- As I said this has been my experience over many years starting with mp3's and ending up with DSD. I work with audio for a living so I listen differently, meaning Im listening in different ways than just for a hifi experience with a phone so in this regard I may well be more susceptible to a deeper or different understanding / appreciation of other elements of audio And again - THINK about what I said instead of the usual dumb comment based on your own non-wish or inability to explore topics deeper - ...its not SO MUCH that the quality is necessarily a HUGE difference BUT that the immersion and QUALITY of the listening mind that is different. You probably wont but maybe try - IF you even have a descent DAP or System? - find an album in 128 mp3 and the same in DSD and then listen to it completely and see for yourself the difference in how you hear / listen / enjoy ;)
Higher bit depth is always good for dynamic range (although most genres of music apart from classical don't need this). But higher sampling rate on our audio files is always a waste of space! Only audiofools "claim" to hear the difference, but they always fail A-B tests, so they are as usual "imagining" things. Upsampling is meant to be a useful tool in music production, to avoid the aliasing artifacts from digital filters especially when applying complex processing to the audio tracks. But once all the edits are done, and the final mix is rendered for end-user consumption, encoding it back in 44KHz is just fine!
Nice, simple brief and accurate explanation. I wish I had watched this before wading through many other rambling explanations. My take on Spotify and Apple (MP3 and AAC) is that while you can’t really tell the difference swapping the same song back and forth when comparing to FLAC and ALAC (particularly on an iPhone) listening to FLAC and ALAC is MUCH MUCH better and MUCH more enjoyable. I believe the argument that your brain (and ears) is a master at filling in gaps which is why Spotify sounds ok (at first). But it’s fatiguing on the ears and mind. I just don’t enjoy listening for very long (Max 1 hour before I feel uncomfortable. Whereas I can listen to CD, Vinyl, FLAC and ALAC all day long on a decent system and I much prefer it even on the iPhone.
Oscar from Hifiheadphones here, I am inclined to agree with you here. With the right gear I can hear the difference between FLAC/ALAC and MP3 but when out and about with all the external noise MP3 really is fine for most uses.
Very very good detailing about hi res audio and bit depth and also sample rate of recording audio in higher sample rate for reproducing good quality sound output. Thanks for your tips.
24 bit! We want a higher sample rate when recording audio that we want to process. Having a high sample rate allows smoother audio stretching and malipulation and also solves probelms with aliasing when applying harmonic saturation. Above the 48,000 hertz a second sample rate, we will not hear a difference in quality, it's advantages are purely in the processing.
Very informative !!! One query. If 80% of the time I use UA-cam as a source for music and video, should I be concerned about buying a Hi-Res speaker (e.g. Edifier s1000mkii) or would it sound similar to speaker (without Hi-Res logo) (e.g. Edifier s350db). Edifier s1000mkii is 2.0 and Edifier s350db is 2.1 (both similarly priced with incredible reviews)
24/96 is the thing for me. Thx God I can hear the difference between CD and HD and I enjoy it a lot. Using a Fiio x3 player with a 1more in- ear triple driver definitely makes the difference.
@Attila Racz: Sorry to burst your bubble but the difference you hear has nothing to do with the format. There is no audible difference between CD and "HD". 24/96 music does not exist. Nothing is recorded using such settings anyways, at least when it comes to mainstream music.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. That's okay. We all hear differently. I have several albums on CD and on a 24/96 format also and the latest format sounds better. Especially the mids and the highs. The difference is not huge but I can hear it. This is more true for real analog music. Electronic music sounds very similar in both format.
@@attilaracz2034 : We all hear differently, yes, however none of us can hear above 20 kHz. The difference you have been hearing is due to different mixing and mastering. Not because of the format. You could downsample those 24/96 songs to CD quality i.e. 16/44.1 and they would sound exactly the same.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Yes mixing and mastering of course makes a big difference. However I do not have a single CD at home that actually sounds great. They sound okay and clean but flat. HD music files for me generally sound better. Not all though. I have several HD songs that sounds dull but that's probably a mixing problem. Perhaps the dynamic range makes the difference for me. I do not know but since I heard my first HD files, I just stopped to buy CD quality stuff.
So here's the thing. You can take a standard LP, and record it to your hard drive in 24-bit 192 khz format. At that point, you can downsample to 24 bit 96 or 48 khz. If you downsample to 44khz or to 16bit you're going to lose accuracy of information. That said, in double blind tests I can tell you that if you have decent $400 headphones, while you can tell the difference between LPvinyl wav recordings and MP3 and FLAC (all 3 at 16 bit 44/48) it is incredibly difficult to tell the difference between the 24-bit and 16-bit versions of the wave format, whether at 192, 96, or 48khz. This was all done on a hardwired system -- no streaming or wireless involved.
Analyzing my audio with appropriate software (for example MusicScope), I have learnt that I have but very few recordings that exceed the 96 dB noise floor - and even then not by much. I wouldn’t notice anyway because best I can hear is a dynamic range of 70dB. People should try this for themselves before they claim to have some elitist ears and can pick up details that were never recorded in the first place.
After scrolling down around 10 minutes I finally found a person who actually talks about the idea of higher kHz, and you know your shit. Thanks, even tho I'm a year late
Competition Entry Hi Res Bit Depth b: 24 Bit But also I have a Fiio BTR 3 that can do the higher resolutions DILEMMA Can you do a video on Hi Res Bluetooth Senders for retro fitting situations
I think, for me the hires audio worth all the fuss, but for others is no important, this is just a criterion of each one and who can appreciate the quality audio ...
as much as i like acquiring 24-bit files, it seems that i get them more form independent artists. I can't find enough existing artists that actually have 24-bit versions of their music.
I've ordered the new Apple AirPods Max headphones to experience the spacial sound and want to know where I should get the best music files for free to listen to via my Mac mini and iPod touch. I don't buy music anymore as they have had enough money out of me during my life before everything went digital. What files would be compatible to play etc.
Well I'm assuming you are going to be using the headphones wirelessly, in which case bluetooth is going to be the limiting factor so there isn't any point going above MP3 320kbps (Spotify Premium). You can't play high-res over bluetooth, and I'm not sure what the lightning to USB cable is like in terms of audio quality.
There are many explaining about converting 24bits to 16bits and vise versa. Later phase inverting and summing-up to show that there are no difference in audio quality. I want to know how do the software do that, are they just omitting the higher bits (MSB) .
So, 24bit does add more 'resolution' compared to 16bit but this added resolution doesn't mean higher quality, it just means we can encode a larger dynamic range. This is the misunderstanding made by many. There are no extra magical properties, nothing which the science does not understand or cannot measure. The only difference between 16bit and 24bit is 48dB of dynamic range (8bits x 6dB = 48dB) and nothing else. This is not a question for interpretation or opinion, it is the provable, undisputed logical mathematics which underpins the very existence of digital audio. So, can you actually hear any benefits of the larger (48dB) dynamic range offered by 24bit? Unfortunately, no you can't. The entire dynamic range of some types of music is sometimes less than 12dB. The recordings with the largest dynamic range tend to be symphony orchestra recordings but even these virtually never have a dynamic range greater than about 60dB. All of these are well inside the 96dB range of the humble CD. What is more, modern dithering techniques perceptually enhance the dynamic range of CD by moving the quantization noise out of the frequency band where our hearing is most sensitive. This gives a perceivable dynamic range for CD up to 120dB (150dB in certain frequency bands). Sampling rates are not so simple to explain in practice, as the defining feature of sampling rates is the anti-alias filter which has to be used. How these filters are employed from one model of ADC to another and indeed how the signal is re-constructed back to analogue in a DAC varies and can be quite complicated to understand, oversampling DACs can (possibly) make a difference to how one perceives the audio quality. (This is a response to a question asked over 10 years ago regarding 16 bit audio vs 24 bit audio)
i got a used boss micro br for a test and to get ideals down fast it has a setting when new song is set up hi-fi was one the setting omg it sounds better then any daw!!!!!! it sounded so good im get the steps up boss micro br br 80
It's all just digital trickery - standard stereo is best through a smartphone. High-res would normally only be attainable when using an external DAC with a phone.
@@hifiheadphones ok, So for example Realme Gt neo has Dolby Atmos and Hi-res audio support. Whereas Galaxy A52 has only Dolby Atmos. Both these smartphone has 3.5 jack 😂 Which one of these is better with just a normal Sennheiser cx275s earphones?
@@hifiheadphones So what u r telling is that Hi-res in smartphones is usefull only when a external DAC like iBasso DC02 is used to power the same above mentioned earphone in Gt neo smartphone right?
@@nsivaraj777 Using the CX275s having high-res support won't make any difference at all - even on £2000 headphone systems I personally would say I struggle to hear any benefit to high-res over CD quality. In a portable setting, I would struggle to hear CD quality over 320kbps MP3 through high-end earphones. Do not buy a phone based on Dolby or High-Res audio support, as Dolby is just a DSP and high-res won't make any difference for your usage.
I have a question. I have a Sony Walkman and I want to enhance may listening experience. I visited a website called HD Tracks and those Hi-Res music are too expensive for me. So I found torrent website that has Hi-Res music. I have a few music from there which is 24bit 44.1kHz to 192kHz. Is it legit? Or maybe it is but the quality is not as high from legitimate Hi-Res website?
Hey nice video! Quick question i have a Alpine CDE-178BT headunit, it has a 24-Bit DAC chip! So, my question is can i listen to high res audio ?? or is it not true high res audio! Please Note I am running it off my Note 9 I’m connected via Bluetooth to my Alpine head unit, also note I can change the codec to FLAC and I can change kbps to 990kbps! Please let me know thanks
990kbps over bluetooth is reserved for LDAC devices but it is still a lossy compression and will not be as good as lossless, let along high-res. You cannot playback high-res over bluetooth and I am not sure if your phone will output 24-bit over USB into the head unit.
Great, unbiased explanation of Hi-Res! The answer is B: 24 bit
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24-bit is the answer because anything less is closer to CD quality. Great videos with clear & interesting information for the sound enthusiast. Keep up the excellent work, guys!
I appreciate the kind words. Best of luck!
Only for recording. 16/44.1 is enough for playback.
great explanation, simple and elucidative🤓
the answer is 24 bit. tnks!
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Always love learning and hearing new things. Answer: 24 bit.
Keep making the videos, they really help!
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The answer is: B - 24 bits
Informative video, by the way. ^^
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Answer:
B) 24bits
Thanks for bringing content for this topic, I've been looking for more options and your channel shed a light into the world of high definition audio.
Thank you for watching :) glad you liked it!
Thank you for leading me into this video. Now I undrerstand what that logo means. It is true that not all products has it and this is a great consumer guide.
Thanks for the kind words, we're glad you enjoyed it :)
Minimum bit depth is 24bit. My choice always. Well crafted video by the way. Clean, direct and easy to understand!
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For bats, HiRes Audio surely will be great! 🥳
Thanks for the explanation!) Looking forward to hearing you getting started on vinyl ^_^
24 bit thank you. Awesome videos really helps audio enthusiasts gain more knowledge concerning audio tech. Really great.
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24 bit audio for the win! I play my FLAC files at 96khz as well!
There's no audio equipment that can actually capture 24bit audio. Everything with 24 bit has a noise floor of around 90-110dB. So in most cases you gain absolutely nothing with "HD". And even with recordings that actually exceed 96 dB resolution of a CD, you won't be able to hear it because the volume needed to reach that is long after your amp clips or your hearing dies. (To hear the 90 dB noise you have to add it to 30 dB surrounding noise of a silent room.)
Please point me to a master that actually has usable audio information at 40+ kHz (96 kHz sampling rate). Have you actually analyzed your audio. The additional information is used for noise shaping. Whatever is captured in the high frequencies is garbage information. It is always only ever used to be cut off - everybody in pro audio can confirm that for you. And that's coming from the people who create whatever you listen to.
Thanks for watching, best of luck!
When are you doing a blind listening test ?
Mp3 320 kbps vs anything you want on the lossless end.
See how many times you get out of 10 attempts to discern the lossy from the lossless
skypjuh This is doable but will largely depend on the recording. With a high crest factor and barely audible noise floor, you will notice that the MP3 will sound cleaner as it will remove the background noise as “inaudible information”. But again, you need a high crest factor to be able to pump the volume high enough.
@@odkKomavolume matching will be a challenge but it is *doable*
Would be an interesting video to do in the future! Probably a logistical nightmare to pull off but seeing the expressions at guessing wrong would probably be pretty entertaining.
@@hifiheadphones You could generate the audio track yourself. Add some noise at around 80 dB, do a simple recording (or generate tones) with 20 LU, peak at 0 dbU. Encoding that file at bitrates that are believed to create artifacts should remove the noise.
Highly dependent on the sound used but something with a lot of acoustic instruments will be easy to pick the hi-res lossless of as mp3's and even CD lossless sound flat
Answer for the comp - B: 24bit.
Really informative video, never knew this much detail before. Audio quality can be so subjective in how people talk about it, it's good to see how it actually works. I'm curious as to the final comment on your views on vinyl.
Thanks for the kind words, and best of luck in the contest!
Vinyl. Don't get me started.
In terms of the 'why go higher than 20-20Hz' question. Personally I have found that the 'experience' and 'immersion into the music' of my listening is much improved the higher the bit depth and sample rates - its not so much about how much better it sounds, more about how the mind settles into the music as oppose to lossy formats
Very interesting! I'm glad to hear it makes such a difference for you. I think there's a tendency to speak in black-and-white absolutes when it comes to stuff like this, but it's a completely personal experience, different for everyone!
Great placebo effect, you won't hear in blindtest.
@@maxheadroom7931 Excuse me? Did you say ' oh that's interesting, I have a different experience, please tell me more or clarify in more detail' ? No, sorry my mistake - you have just dismissed years of experience by proclaiming I wont be able to 'hear it' and its just placebo ?!?- As I said this has been my experience over many years starting with mp3's and ending up with DSD. I work with audio for a living so I listen differently, meaning Im listening in different ways than just for a hifi experience with a phone so in this regard I may well be more susceptible to a deeper or different understanding / appreciation of other elements of audio
And again - THINK about what I said instead of the usual dumb comment based on your own non-wish or inability to explore topics deeper - ...its not SO MUCH that the quality is necessarily a HUGE difference BUT that the immersion and QUALITY of the listening mind that is different.
You probably wont but maybe try - IF you even have a descent DAP or System? - find an album in 128 mp3 and the same in DSD and then listen to it completely and see for yourself the difference in how you hear / listen / enjoy ;)
Nice voice. Helpful definition of hi-res audio.
Answer: B. 24-bit
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Higher bit depth is always good for dynamic range (although most genres of music apart from classical don't need this). But higher sampling rate on our audio files is always a waste of space! Only audiofools "claim" to hear the difference, but they always fail A-B tests, so they are as usual "imagining" things. Upsampling is meant to be a useful tool in music production, to avoid the aliasing artifacts from digital filters especially when applying complex processing to the audio tracks. But once all the edits are done, and the final mix is rendered for end-user consumption, encoding it back in 44KHz is just fine!
The answer is B: 24-bit. Thanks for the opportunity!
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The answer is: B -24 bits (Great video) What is THE place to get FLAC files online?
Thank you! We would recommend HDTracks.com.
Great video on hi-res audio.
Answer: B: 24 bit rate
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Thanks for the informative video. The answer is B - 24 bits.
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:) B: 24 Bit Depth - Edit: Nice job on the audio for your videos as well!
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Answer: 24 bit. Thank you!
My selected answer is B: 24-bit
Thanks for the refresher on Hi-Res Audio.
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The answer is B(24 bit), I need to step up my audio game :D
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Nice, simple brief and accurate explanation. I wish I had watched this before wading through many other rambling explanations. My take on Spotify and Apple (MP3 and AAC) is that while you can’t really tell the difference swapping the same song back and forth when comparing to FLAC and ALAC (particularly on an iPhone) listening to FLAC and ALAC is MUCH MUCH better and MUCH more enjoyable. I believe the argument that your brain (and ears) is a master at filling in gaps which is why Spotify sounds ok (at first). But it’s fatiguing on the ears and mind. I just don’t enjoy listening for very long (Max 1 hour before I feel uncomfortable. Whereas I can listen to CD, Vinyl, FLAC and ALAC all day long on a decent system and I much prefer it even on the iPhone.
Oscar from Hifiheadphones here, I am inclined to agree with you here. With the right gear I can hear the difference between FLAC/ALAC and MP3 but when out and about with all the external noise MP3 really is fine for most uses.
What is the minimum bit depth for Hi-Res audio? Simple answer is B, 24 bit. More specifically it is any format beyond the 16-bit/44.1kHz CD standard
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24-bit and 48 kHz is all you really need.
No CD quality is enough.
@@Krishna-of1hv 😹
@@yellowmarker9411 why my dear
Now I m using 24bit 96khz
Very very good detailing about hi res audio and bit depth and also sample rate of recording audio in higher sample rate for reproducing good quality sound output. Thanks for your tips.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video, love the sound of DSD
Thanks for watching!
Really Interesting. Thanks for the explanation. The answer is B: 24- bit
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Answer; B: 24 bit. great explanation, I feel better informed now. Thanks!
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Thanks for the informative video.
24 bit is what makes high-res audio.
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Great video. The answer is B 24 bit
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24 bit! We want a higher sample rate when recording audio that we want to process. Having a high sample rate allows smoother audio stretching and malipulation and also solves probelms with aliasing when applying harmonic saturation. Above the 48,000 hertz a second sample rate, we will not hear a difference in quality, it's advantages are purely in the processing.
👍 Well said, and best of luck in the contest!
Minimun bit depth for high res audio is 24 bit. Very good video by the way
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B) 24 bit. Love your vids
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Thank you John!!! Very Informative video!!! All the best guys!!!!!
Thanks for the support pal! :)
I Love the way you review headphones, keep it up. The answer is B: 24 bit
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Very informative !!!
One query.
If 80% of the time I use UA-cam as a source for music and video,
should I be concerned about buying a Hi-Res speaker (e.g. Edifier s1000mkii)
or would it sound similar to speaker (without Hi-Res logo) (e.g. Edifier s350db).
Edifier s1000mkii is 2.0 and Edifier s350db is 2.1
(both similarly priced with incredible reviews)
24/96 is the thing for me. Thx God I can hear the difference between CD and HD and I enjoy it a lot. Using a Fiio x3 player with a 1more in- ear triple driver definitely makes the difference.
@Attila Racz: Sorry to burst your bubble but the difference you hear has nothing to do with the format. There is no audible difference between CD and "HD". 24/96 music does not exist. Nothing is recorded using such settings anyways, at least when it comes to mainstream music.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. That's okay. We all hear differently. I have several albums on CD and on a 24/96 format also and the latest format sounds better. Especially the mids and the highs. The difference is not huge but I can hear it. This is more true for real analog music. Electronic music sounds very similar in both format.
@@attilaracz2034 : We all hear differently, yes, however none of us can hear above 20 kHz. The difference you have been hearing is due to different mixing and mastering. Not because of the format. You could downsample those 24/96 songs to CD quality i.e. 16/44.1 and they would sound exactly the same.
@@Historia.Magistra.Vitae. Yes mixing and mastering of course makes a big difference. However I do not have a single CD at home that actually sounds great. They sound okay and clean but flat. HD music files for me generally sound better. Not all though. I have several HD songs that sounds dull but that's probably a mixing problem. Perhaps the dynamic range makes the difference for me. I do not know but since I heard my first HD files, I just stopped to buy CD quality stuff.
Thanks for the clear, understandable video and good luck everyone on the giveaway.
B: 24-bit
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Nice video well explained!
What is the difference between, Hi-Res/Hi-Fi Audio and Dolby Atmos?
@Çerastes Not a gimmick is what the recording studios record at and for a good reason.
The answer is B: 24 bits - Very informative video, must update my 78rpm collection of records.
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Answer B: 24 bit
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So here's the thing. You can take a standard LP, and record it to your hard drive in 24-bit 192 khz format. At that point, you can downsample to 24 bit 96 or 48 khz. If you downsample to 44khz or to 16bit you're going to lose accuracy of information. That said, in double blind tests I can tell you that if you have decent $400 headphones, while you can tell the difference between LPvinyl wav recordings and MP3 and FLAC (all 3 at 16 bit 44/48) it is incredibly difficult to tell the difference between the 24-bit and 16-bit versions of the wave format, whether at 192, 96, or 48khz. This was all done on a hardwired system -- no streaming or wireless involved.
What if one day some of us could upgrade our hearing and we were able to hear frequencies higher than 20khz?
Arturo Toscanini would love that 144 decibels dynamic range
please get started about vinyl:)
Great video!
The answer is B) 24 bits
Thanks for entering! Best of luck!
Excellent concise explanation guys. Good video.
Thanks for watching :)
B: 24bits
Thanks for driving hi-res into masses!
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My answer is 24 bit. Good explanation. Thanks
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Great explanation!
Answer is 24 bit
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Appreciate the detailed video.
B. 24-bit with sample rate up to 192 kHz.
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Analyzing my audio with appropriate software (for example MusicScope), I have learnt that I have but very few recordings that exceed the 96 dB noise floor - and even then not by much. I wouldn’t notice anyway because best I can hear is a dynamic range of 70dB.
People should try this for themselves before they claim to have some elitist ears and can pick up details that were never recorded in the first place.
After scrolling down around 10 minutes I finally found a person who actually talks about the idea of higher kHz, and you know your shit. Thanks, even tho I'm a year late
I'm buying BLON BL-03s and I'd like your advice on this. Should I go all flac, use Tidal or keep on Spotify?
Nice to see a giveaway by you guys, the answer is B , 24bit, best of luck to everyone! 😁
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Answer B. 24-bit. Thanks for the vid
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The answer is B 24bit, nice vid.
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The answer is 24 bit. Cheers. Loving the vids by the way.👍
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Competition Entry Hi Res Bit Depth b: 24 Bit But also I have a Fiio BTR 3 that can do the higher resolutions DILEMMA Can you do a video on Hi Res Bluetooth Senders for retro fitting situations
Interesting idea. Will think about that! Best of luck :)
The answer is B - 24 bit. Great items for a giveaway. Thanks
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answer is b - 24 bit, love the videos keep em up!
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B) 24 bit.
Great video By the way. Keep up the great work.
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The answer is b 24-bit and keep making the great content
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24 bit. Thanks. Cool idea.
Thanks! Best of luck!
Related to Hi Res Giveaway Contest: Answer is 16 bit is the minimum bit depth for hi-res audio files. Good luck to me!
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24 bit. Thanks for doing this!
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nice video^^ congratulations.
my answer is 24 bit. thanks!
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This is a very good video.
I'm the audio "expert" were I work so this is going to be a great help👍🏾
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I think, for me the hires audio worth all the fuss, but for others is no important, this is just a criterion of each one and who can appreciate the quality audio ...
Thanks for the explanation. The answer is 24 bits. BTW, very good material in this channel. Congratulations
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as much as i like acquiring 24-bit files, it seems that i get them more form independent artists. I can't find enough existing artists that actually have 24-bit versions of their music.
Let me think about this, could it possibly be 24 bits by any chance
Hmmm, we will see! Best of luck in the contest!
I've ordered the new Apple AirPods Max headphones to experience the spacial sound and want to know where I should get the best music files for free to listen to via my Mac mini and iPod touch. I don't buy music anymore as they have had enough money out of me during my life before everything went digital. What files would be compatible to play etc.
Well I'm assuming you are going to be using the headphones wirelessly, in which case bluetooth is going to be the limiting factor so there isn't any point going above MP3 320kbps (Spotify Premium).
You can't play high-res over bluetooth, and I'm not sure what the lightning to USB cable is like in terms of audio quality.
There are many explaining about converting 24bits to 16bits and vise versa. Later phase inverting and summing-up to show that there are no difference in audio quality. I want to know how do the software do that, are they just omitting the higher bits (MSB) .
B) 24 Bits - and excellent video btw
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Thanks for the explanation. The answer is 24-bit.
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So if I see mp3 player with 2x 32 bit DAC processor, it`s marketing only because 24 bit is actually the higher resolution of music file ?
Enlightening!!!
The answer is 24bit.
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Who is the best high res & Dolby atmos
So, 24bit does add more 'resolution' compared to 16bit but this added resolution doesn't mean higher quality, it just means we can encode a larger dynamic range. This is the misunderstanding made by many. There are no extra magical properties, nothing which the science does not understand or cannot measure. The only difference between 16bit and 24bit is 48dB of dynamic range (8bits x 6dB = 48dB) and nothing else. This is not a question for interpretation or opinion, it is the provable, undisputed logical mathematics which underpins the very existence of digital audio.
So, can you actually hear any benefits of the larger (48dB) dynamic range offered by 24bit? Unfortunately, no you can't. The entire dynamic range of some types of music is sometimes less than 12dB. The recordings with the largest dynamic range tend to be symphony orchestra recordings but even these virtually never have a dynamic range greater than about 60dB. All of these are well inside the 96dB range of the humble CD. What is more, modern dithering techniques perceptually enhance the dynamic range of CD by moving the quantization noise out of the frequency band where our hearing is most sensitive. This gives a perceivable dynamic range for CD up to 120dB (150dB in certain frequency bands). Sampling rates are not so simple to explain in practice, as the defining feature of sampling rates is the anti-alias filter which has to be used. How these filters are employed from one model of ADC to another and indeed how the signal is re-constructed back to analogue in a DAC varies and can be quite complicated to understand, oversampling DACs can (possibly) make a difference to how one perceives the audio quality.
(This is a response to a question asked over 10 years ago regarding 16 bit audio vs 24 bit audio)
@ReaktorLeak So I'm curious, what types of music do you listen to that aren't passing the listening test, perhaps you can pass on a link.
@ReaktorLeak I've never heard Californication but I owned Vapor Trails and I do agree with you I wasn't impressed with the audio on that album either.
My selected answer is B: 24 bit
Great video and I learned a bit about Hi-Res audio. Thanks!
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Answer: 24 bit. (thanks Dido!)
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Answer: 24 bits. Good video. Should be used by the Canjam guys😁
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24bit. Thanks for the info.
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Great video. The answer is 24 Bit
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i got a used boss micro br for a test and to get ideals down fast it has a setting when new song is set up hi-fi was one the setting omg it sounds better then any daw!!!!!! it sounded so good im get the steps up boss micro br br 80
Enjoyed the video
The answer to the quiz is 24 bit.
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keep in mind…has the recording studio recorded the file in 24bit 192kb?
Most big studios do record in high resolution
What is the use of Dolby Atmos and Hi-res I'm smartphone? And how do they differ?
It's all just digital trickery - standard stereo is best through a smartphone.
High-res would normally only be attainable when using an external DAC with a phone.
@@hifiheadphones ok, So for example Realme Gt neo has Dolby Atmos and Hi-res audio support.
Whereas Galaxy A52 has only Dolby Atmos.
Both these smartphone has 3.5 jack 😂
Which one of these is better with just a normal Sennheiser cx275s earphones?
@@hifiheadphones So what u r telling is that Hi-res in smartphones is usefull only when a external DAC like iBasso DC02 is used to power the same above mentioned earphone in Gt neo smartphone right?
@@nsivaraj777 Using the CX275s having high-res support won't make any difference at all - even on £2000 headphone systems I personally would say I struggle to hear any benefit to high-res over CD quality.
In a portable setting, I would struggle to hear CD quality over 320kbps MP3 through high-end earphones.
Do not buy a phone based on Dolby or High-Res audio support, as Dolby is just a DSP and high-res won't make any difference for your usage.
@@hifiheadphones Really didn't expect u to reply to my comments. Thanks a lot for ur understandable reply for my question. Thanks again. 🙏🏽🙂👍😘
Thanks for the chance to win that great gear.
The answer is 24 bit
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is there any advantage of buy high res headphones if you are a normal listener who listen music on phone?
what is bit-depth and sample rate.🤞
i want to buy ifi zen hi res audio bluetooth reciever can i get the benefit of high res audio using android from youtube audio
Thx for the very clear explanation.
Excellent explanation!
I have a question. I have a Sony Walkman and I want to enhance may listening experience. I visited a website called HD Tracks and those Hi-Res music are too expensive for me. So I found torrent website that has Hi-Res music. I have a few music from there which is 24bit 44.1kHz to 192kHz. Is it legit? Or maybe it is but the quality is not as high from legitimate Hi-Res website?
Such a great video as always, greetings from Mexico, the answer is 24 bits, thankyou!
A warm hello from across the pond, and thanks for your kind words and entry. ¡Buena suerte!
Hey nice video! Quick question i have a Alpine CDE-178BT headunit, it has a 24-Bit DAC chip! So, my question is can i listen to high res audio ?? or is it not true high res audio! Please Note I am running it off my Note 9 I’m connected via Bluetooth to my Alpine head unit, also note I can change the codec to FLAC and I can change kbps to 990kbps! Please let me know thanks
990kbps over bluetooth is reserved for LDAC devices but it is still a lossy compression and will not be as good as lossless, let along high-res. You cannot playback high-res over bluetooth and I am not sure if your phone will output 24-bit over USB into the head unit.
@@hifiheadphones Thanks i'll check the spces for my Note 9!