Thats the fault of marketing. When CD first came out, it was termed as hi Rez when compared to vinyl. Now Its treated like the bottom of the barrel. Why? Did humans evolve in the hearing department? Dont get me wrong. I dont deny that 192Khz and 384Khz offer higher resolution capability, But most people will pursue those audio data files like they are a magic pill. They dont appreciate that they need a highly resolving headphone, or highly resolving amp etc. Buy the DAC and download the files and boom! Hi Rez city.
There is no real benefit going above 16 bit for critical listening. Lossless 16 bit files are the most you ever need for playback. Dacs can support 24 and 32 bit, but it's not the bitdepth making them sound better. They're just better hardware. 24 and 32 bit are useful for DPS processing but you don't need to feed them that. 24 and 32 are also useful in the recording and mastering phase. But not needed for playback.
I agree. Not only that, but pursuing hi res in car audio? Audio in the car is the most compromised audio environment. Here’s an example: 16 bit audio means you can get 96db of dynamic range from a cd recording. When listening at home, what is the best dynamic range you could possibly hear? About 40 to 50 db. And that is in the home. In the car, the best dynamic range you could possibly get is far less than 40db. I don’t disagree with the pursuit of hi res…….I’m just keeping it real. The only way you could possibly appreciate hi res in a car is if the car is parked, windows are closed, engine is off, and you are parked in a garage some in some underground bunker, definitely not an underground garage in a populated area like NYC. I doubt that even a Rolls Royce or Bentley with their extreme levels of luxury, like double pane windows and complete isolation in the cabin could get you the dynamic range equivalent in the home.
@@SQ_Silverado It's basic audio science. Any professional in the pro audio or mastering business will back that up. 16/44.1 lossless is as good as it gets for playback. This is actually a good thing as files sizes gets stupidly large beyond that point. 320 MP3 is the sweet spot for file size as it sound virtually the same next to lossless. Even on the most expensive and analytical systems. I have no agenda to convince you otherwise other than to bust myths in the "hifi" world and save you storage space!
@@davidwapenyi164 Absolutely not to mention that the dimensions of a car and location of speakers is very much less than ideal. DSP can help to a degree with that but again large dps correction or dsp correction at all (if we are getting into esoteric levels of hifi) is very destructive. A nice system in your car is a very nice have, but it's not a logical place to spend money for extremely critical listening. Get your bass mids and highs sounding decent enough, correct it with DSP and call it a day for car! 👍
@@TonkatrainHONKHONK if you master at 24 and compress down to 16 you will get better resolution. Now weather the user can hear that difference is another story. 24bit most audio sources can’t even play that but 18-20 yes. 16 isn’t as good as it gets, especially if we’re measuring “noise” … Less noise is always a plus.
This is a true master piece 👌
just sharing some knowledge
48kHz isn’t Hi Rez 192kHz and 384kHz is Hi Rez
Thats the fault of marketing. When CD first came out, it was termed as hi Rez when compared to vinyl. Now Its treated like the bottom of the barrel. Why? Did humans evolve in the hearing department? Dont get me wrong. I dont deny that 192Khz and 384Khz offer higher resolution capability, But most people will pursue those audio data files like they are a magic pill. They dont appreciate that they need a highly resolving headphone, or highly resolving amp etc. Buy the DAC and download the files and boom! Hi Rez city.
There is no real benefit going above 16 bit for critical listening. Lossless 16 bit files are the most you ever need for playback. Dacs can support 24 and 32 bit, but it's not the bitdepth making them sound better. They're just better hardware.
24 and 32 bit are useful for DPS processing but you don't need to feed them that. 24 and 32 are also useful in the recording and mastering phase. But not needed for playback.
I agree. Not only that, but pursuing hi res in car audio? Audio in the car is the most compromised audio environment.
Here’s an example: 16 bit audio means you can get 96db of dynamic range from a cd recording. When listening at home, what is the best dynamic range you could possibly hear? About 40 to 50 db. And that is in the home. In the car, the best dynamic range you could possibly get is far less than 40db.
I don’t disagree with the pursuit of hi res…….I’m just keeping it real.
The only way you could possibly appreciate hi res in a car is if the car is parked, windows are closed, engine is off, and you are parked in a garage some in some underground bunker, definitely not an underground garage in a populated area like NYC.
I doubt that even a Rolls Royce or Bentley with their extreme levels of luxury, like double pane windows and complete isolation in the cabin could get you the dynamic range equivalent in the home.
Respectfully I disagree
@@SQ_Silverado It's basic audio science. Any professional in the pro audio or mastering business will back that up. 16/44.1 lossless is as good as it gets for playback. This is actually a good thing as files sizes gets stupidly large beyond that point. 320 MP3 is the sweet spot for file size as it sound virtually the same next to lossless. Even on the most expensive and analytical systems.
I have no agenda to convince you otherwise other than to bust myths in the "hifi" world and save you storage space!
@@davidwapenyi164 Absolutely not to mention that the dimensions of a car and location of speakers is very much less than ideal. DSP can help to a degree with that but again large dps correction or dsp correction at all (if we are getting into esoteric levels of hifi) is very destructive.
A nice system in your car is a very nice have, but it's not a logical place to spend money for extremely critical listening. Get your bass mids and highs sounding decent enough, correct it with DSP and call it a day for car! 👍
@@TonkatrainHONKHONK if you master at 24 and compress down to 16 you will get better resolution. Now weather the user can hear that difference is another story. 24bit most audio sources can’t even play that but 18-20 yes. 16 isn’t as good as it gets, especially if we’re measuring “noise” … Less noise is always a plus.