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Distinguished Frequencies

Interesting Findings:

At the October 2019 Audio Engineering Society convention in New York—just concluded as I write—Yuki Fukuda and Shunsuke Ishimitsu, both of Hiroshima City University, presented results that show quite clearly that listeners can distinguish sounds encoded and reproduced at different sampling frequencies.

Reported by Jim Austin // Stereophile.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/hi-rez-audio-distinguished-blind-testing
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So, one thing that I've noticed, and not sure was taken into account: Different DAC's perform differently at lower resolutions.

With the Mytek I'm listening to right now i cannot tell Redbook vs. 96/24.

With an ARC DAC 8 I could.

It would be really interesting to see if this research further delves into exactly what the cause is.
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