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nc8000:

--- Quote from: Chronon on February 20, 2009, 03:08:00 PM ---Honestly, you would do yourself a big favor to find a way to run an ABX test properly since even moderate bitrate lossy files are transparent for many people.  I have not been able to find evidence of people who can reliably distinguish 24/96 audio from 16/44 but have found accounts of studies that unanimously show the converse -- indistinguishability. 

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Now that is a sound comment, the problem is that I'm not going to go buy a SACD player just to test if I can hear the difference which is why it would be fantastic if the RockBoxed H-140 COULD play these files to full resolution. Up until getting a used H-140 all my ripped music was in 320KB aac. From the lineout of my unit into my main home rig I would say that I in an ABX test can spot the full 16/44 uncompressed file 8 out of 10 times a bit depending on the kind of music. Doing the same test from the headphone out of my unit in everyday transport situations I would agree that I can't detect the difference reliably.

Don't get me wrong, I think the RockBox project is an absolutely fantastic achievement and I'm full of respect for the work loads of people have put into it but I did not feel that my entry into this world was greated with any level of respect or helpfulness, just scorn and flippant remarks for being such an idiot that cant find out anything for himself.

dreamlayers:
SACD isn't even PCM; it's DSD. Essentially that is 1 bit at 2.8224 MHz.  Also there's no convenient way to rip a SACD.  If you somehow managed to get the DSD data, you'd have to convert it to PCM.  DVD-Audio supports up to 24/192 losslessly compressed PCM and it can be ripped.

What does being able to tell the difference between uncompressed 16/44 and 320 kb/s AAC have to do with this?

Llorean:
Again, I'm sorry you read those as scorn and flippant remarks. Try reading them without imagining intonation and you'll see they're simply suggestions I made.

nc8000:
I give up.

Some admin please delete my user and posts and forget you ever heard about me and you all go back into your smug little selfasured world where outside idiots really aren't wanted.

Over and OUT, OUT, OUT ...

Chronon:
 ???

If you feel the need to leave then you are free to do so.  You can easily delete your own account if you like. 

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