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384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - Skywatch - 15th Mar, 2016 10:57 PM Hi all, Just to say that today I tested a 384KHz, 32bit float FLAC file (Which is about the same as 24bit normal AFAICT) on a Pi 2 with Xbian and a PCM5102a DAC, and it works really well! Up until now, 192KHz was the highest I could play. So the newer updates have brought this level of quality to our humble pi setups - Wow! Just in case you didn't know, were wondering, or were waiting for this to try it out! RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - Nachteule - 16th Mar, 2016 12:50 AM Thanks for reporting Sometimes updates make things better ![]() RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - Skywatch - 17th Mar, 2016 07:55 PM (16th Mar, 2016 12:50 AM)Nachteule Wrote: Sometimes updates make things better Only 'sometimes'? ![]() Trouble with 384 is the file size though, they are HUGE! RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - rikardo1979 - 18th Mar, 2016 01:52 AM to be honest guys, even 192kHz is nonsense ![]() I have been into highend HiFi for some time, probably more than 15 years... Human hearing can not ever gain anything from this But nice to read that it does work ![]() RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - Skywatch - 19th Mar, 2016 07:48 AM Don't confuse 'frequency response' with waveform accuracy! ![]() The more samples per second, the more accurate the resulting waveform as less interpolation 'read guess work' is needed. RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - rikardo1979 - 19th Mar, 2016 08:51 AM (19th Mar, 2016 07:48 AM)Skywatch Wrote: Don't confuse 'frequency response' with waveform accuracy!just one of the many out there https://xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - Skywatch - 19th Mar, 2016 09:21 AM Everyone has a right to thier own opinion, but not everyone can be right. I worked in pro audio for decades, but now I leave those who care about it to learn, research and draw their own conclusions. I did not attempt to tell people what to think. I made no claims about what I have tried. I just reported the fact that it worked. End of. RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - rikardo1979 - 19th Mar, 2016 03:18 PM (19th Mar, 2016 09:21 AM)Skywatch Wrote: Everyone has a right to thier own opinion, but not everyone can be right. And that is perfectly fine and what I meant. I do have all my locally stored collection in FLAC, I do use Tidal HiFi, we do have a CDs but I still prefer vinyl ![]() I think that going higher than 24 bit 192kHz we can not actually gain anything...but as you said, its just an opinion RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - PhobicWitty - 4th Jan, 2017 04:02 PM Wow, that's definitely amazing, because i am also looking for a way to raise sample rate of audio to make the output sound realer. I once used a converter to change the sample rate into 480khz and it is definitely wonderful. It is also a mp3 resizer that can downscale your audio file while you improve the bit rate and sample rate with 0% quality loss! RE: 384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support. - gkusiak - 12th Dec, 2019 11:29 AM (19th Mar, 2016 07:48 AM)Skywatch Wrote: Don't confuse 'frequency response' with waveform accuracy!I have worked in audio production my entire career since University for it - I can't stress enough how true this is at the capture/recording phase, the mixing phase, the mastering phase...but for final delivery of visual media: 48kHz, 24bit is plenty for stereo and surround formats (especially now with 4k as ubiquitous as it is becoming). For music, however, I want to hear the performers sweat. My main converters do DSD 2x and the auditory cues lending to space are ridiculous. There is a difference between each stradivarius, just as there is a a difference between each Guarnieri. I swear I can hear the electricity in the wires in the building next to the hall and which direction it's travelling: the listener deserves to get as close to that as possible if they can't be there in person. I wish I made my living in that extreme resolution world...but I doubt I would dream at night because my days would be so vivid and detailed! FLAC is awesome...but if the source was less than ideal, garbage in = garbage out, so make sure the entire production was high bitrate or there's no point looking for the files. |