384KHz Audio (FLAC) Support.

[gkusiak]

(19th Mar, 2016 07:48 AM)Skywatch Wrote:  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.

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.