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Audirvana File Scan

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oldmkvi

Apparently this is a 16/44 File, not 24/88.1.
ECM should be ashamed!

OK, I see it says 20/44.1, but calls it CD Quality.
Hmmm, what's a poor boy to think?

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it says 20/44.1, but calls it CD Quality. - Roseval 05:12:49 03/25/24 (1)
If you look at the graph there is a signal down to -120 dBFS=20 bit.
The signal goes up to 44.1 so 88.2 / 2 so indeed a 24 bit/88.2 file.

The problem is the qualification "CD quality".
There are a couple of programs out there trying to discriminate between highres, lossless and lossy compression. None of them are reliable. Looks like Audirvana is one of them.

A comment on YouTube
"Sometimes "Audio Scan" shows that MP3 songs are CD quality (that is impossible because MP3 are lossy) and sometimes "Audio Scan" shows that FLAC files in "Master" quality from TIDAL are lossy MP3 so this is very confusing because I don't know who is telling the truth (Audirvana or Tidal). For example you can test the album "Courage" by Celine Dion which is "Master" quality according to TIDAL but according to "Audio Scan" most of the songs from that album are lossy MP3"

The Well Tempered Computer
- Thanks! nt - oldmkvi 07:16:25 03/25/24 (0)
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RE: Audirvana File Scan - zacster 20:08:06 03/24/24 (2)
It doesn't surprise me. I've done the test from time to time but they've all passed.

I see you are upsampling to DSD256. I've tried doing that but find it softens the sound a bit, but some people like that it takes the edge off. Sometimes it just takes too much off. It can sound really good.
- Hi, I hear it as better Tone quality, Timber as it'z also known. - oldmkvi 07:23:42 03/25/24 (1)
  I find Pcm to be a bit chrystalin, Dsd has more texture.
  I've also done live recording in Dsd, compared to 24/192,
  definitely prefer the Dsd.
  There are supposed to advantages to upsampling to high rate pcm too.
  Miska at HQ and others have said that,
  tho he is a big dsd advocate.
  If there were no dsd, I'd be fine with that!
  - RE: Hi, I hear it as better Tone quality, Timber as it'z also known. - zacster 08:00:04 03/25/24 (0)
    I find that when I have lower res PCM, like 16/44.1 or 24/48 it can sound better upsampled to DSD but once I'm at 24/96 PCM it is better at native. There's no hard and fast rule though. I'll turn on the conversion from time to time and leave it that way for a while, and then turn it off.

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