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My testing confirms 16/88 is the best sounding sample rate

Sam here and i just made a new discovery 16/88 is superior to any other sample rate as far as sound quality goes.l won't upload audio samples however you can easily run your own re-encode and prove me right.This will be my new format of choice.ls it a coincidence that the best sounding format is the one that is not offered as a hi-res choice? or or they trying to hide something from our ears.
guitarsam
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guitarsam OP
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Sam here with a sound quality test.led zeppelin night flight 1975

1994 cd remaster to dsd 256 weiss saracon software http://u.pc.cd/Tp87

1994 cd remaster to 16/88 upsample weiss saracon http://u.pc.cd/xUn


big_greg
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Coincidentally 16/88 also happens to be the perfect ratio in terms of the size of your ears compared to the length of your hair.  I think you're on to something.
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twoleftears
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Listen to a Marantz SA-10.

DSD is at the heart of the way the SA-10 handles digital audio: PCM and DXD inputs are all upconverted to DSD at 11.2MHz using the proprietary MMM-Stream converter within the player, and then the high-frequency signal produced is processed by the unique MMM-Conversion stage, used in place of a conventional DAC, to produce the analogue output.
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milpai
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Try to upsample PCM to DSD (256/512, whichever your DAC supports) and play through your DAC. Then compare it with your 16/88. Let us know how that goes.
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twoleftears
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Slow down, my friend.  With this kind of discovery/breakthrough every couple of days, you're going to exhaust yourself.
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three_easy_payments
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I'm just relieved that this question is finally settled so definitively.  
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uberwaltz
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Tbh I don't think I have ever heard a 16/88 recording?
24/88 yes
16/88 no

So as to the truth of the statement I cannot comment.
Could well be true.
Might not.
mike_in_nc
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16/88 is the best
for you
with your material
in your system
in your room
right now
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jond
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They do it all the time. Never trust they. They are out to get you. In fact they got you but you don't even know it yet.
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uberwaltz
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Honestly...why would you think they ( whoever"they" are?) are trying to hide something from your ears?
erik_squires
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I like to jump way past any discussion of findings straight into conspiracy theories.  It saves me a lot of time when I already know where I'm going to end up.  Kudos, Sam.
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millercarbon
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Does it sound as good as your vintage vinyl?
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