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Originally Posted by barefoot  But it certainly puts a heavy burden of proof on anyone who claims that higher resolution playback is significantly different from 16/44.1. |
I forgot to add one caveat:
This experiment is obviously subject to the limitations of current playback technology - especially loudspeakers. Perhaps if we develop loudspeakers that can effortlessly reproduce 120dB SPL at the listening position with very low distortion (0.001% ish), then high-resolution recordings will be readily discernable from regular old 16/44.1. We'll see..... emm... hear.
Btw, the authors of that article don't say that high-resolution recording isn't useful on the front end of the recording process, considering that signal processing and such can degrade things considerably. Hi-res files are common in graphic design and digital photography for just this same reason, even when they know the end result will be low-res computer images.
Thomas