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Hmm, that's an interesting thought. So... even though I can tell them apart, it could be that the 24/96 file is distorted, and downsampling [96->44.1->96] fixes the problem and brings the sound closer to how it should be. Although, that wouldn't apply to word length..
Anyway.. Kernel Streaming.
Thanks for pointing it out.. my music doesn't sound like crap any more! I was starting to think there was something wrong with my headphones.. Although I can't be 100% sure, because there's no way I could try to ABX waveout vs. kernel streaming.
I retested all of them, and yes I still hear the difference. I'm not sure if it's easier. It took me much less time (I only spent a few minutes on one of them), but I'm probably just getting used to it.
So, I can tell apart:
[24/96] vs. [24/96->16/44.1->24/96] (slow resampling, dither)
[24/96] vs. [24/96->24/44.1->24/96] (slow resampling)
[24/96] vs. [24/96->16/96->24/96] (dither)
All were less than 1% chance of guessing, and I was pretty confident of the difference most of the time.
I tried 16/96 at the spot I tested the other night, (between 9 and 10s) and I think the difference that I hear is somewhere in the attack of the guitar chord. They both have equal power, but the original 24 bit one seems more simultaneous.. there's some delay or offset in the 16 bit one. This doesn't really align with the theory of word length (does it?), so I guess it's a subjective impression caused by something else that I can't identify.
Yeah, I'll post at HA.. hopefully will encourage some more ears too...
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