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> Beauty is as much in the ear of the listener as in the eye of the beholder. For all the human ear can hear, though, this can be implemented with a digital "n
by knorker 4y ago
> Beauty is as much in the ear of the listener as in the eye of the beholder.
For all the human ear can hear, though, this can be implemented with a digital "nostalgia filter".
For the rest I agree with all you said, except a lingering feeling that there is one exception:
In the end audio is analog. Yes, the digital version literally perfectly contains the analog perfection that's hearable. But that assumes a perfect digital to analog conversion.
In theory a 192kHz digital signal, with a DAC that understands it, may create distortions that add in a subjective pleasant way within the hearable spectrum, whereas a 44.1kHz signal may, in DAC, cables, or headphones, create a different set of distortions.
For high end amp and speaker/headphones this should matter less.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago> In theory a 192kHz digital signal, with a DAC that understands it, may create distortions that add in a subjective pleasant way within the hearable spectrum, whereas a 44.1kHz signal may, in DAC, cables, or headphones, create a different set of distortions. Which you then put into a 32kHz 12-bit ear.
- knorker 4y agoI entirely agree. I'm saying that it's perfectly possible to reproduce this distortion perfectly digitally, and play it through audiophile headphones. This of it as constructive/destructive interference. The 192kHz master has imperfections, and the DAC and headphones have different (and possibly major) imperfections, creating something that sounds subjectively better. Obviously it would be better to have a perfectly mastered 44.1kHz source and audiophile headphones, but at least in theory you can get this distortion interference add up to something better. Just like how maybe you like the classic sound of a worn vinyl. It was not recorded with that distortion, but you like it. In theory the artist intended that sound. But digital obviously they could have just mixed it in manually.