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- From: grego@bit.UUCP (Greg Sanguinetti)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: CD SOund QUality
- Message-ID: <539@bit.UUCP>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:20:03 GMT
- Article-I.D.: bit.539
- References: <1h17e4INNrkv@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Reply-To: grego@bit.UUCP (Grego Sanguinetti)
- Organization: BIT Portland, OR
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- In article <1h17e4INNrkv@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> co940@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Nicholas E. Damato) writes:
- >
- >>people can't hear the difference between 15 and 16 bit.
- >
- >But they CAN hear the difference between 14 and 16 bits...
- >and I'll bet they can hear the difference between 16 and 18 or 20
- >bits.
- >
- Not scientific but interesting annectdote:
-
- When I auditioned CD players for my system I (single) blind AB tested two
- Sony ES systems. One was a 16 bit 4x system and the other was a dual 18 bit
- 8x system. Two copies of same CD switched into same amp/speakers. Independent
- person working switch.
-
- Although I was not able to articulate the exact differences I heard. In all
- cases I picked the same player as having a more pleasing sound. I was easy
- for me (not golden eared in my opinion) to hear the difference. I picked
- the 18 bit system. It also had some extra features I liked. The sound
- difference alone may not have swayed me to pay the extra few hundred US$
- required.
-
- -grego
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