iMac 24", 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB memory, 23" Dell 2nd monitor, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 2- 1TB HD, 750GB HD, Ipod Touch 2nd G, audio-technica ATH-AD700
I'm just trying out the Audirvana Plus trial version, but I am unable to hear a difference between the same record 16/41 and 24/48 directly in Audirvana-iTunes in my Mac late 2009 through a pair of Yamaha MSP5A Monitor speakers. Is an external DAC required to listen the difference?
Kriptonitos wrote:
I'm just trying out the Audirvana Plus trial version, but I am unable to hear a difference between the same record 16/41 and 24/48 directly in Audirvana-iTunes in my Mac late 2009 through a pair of Yamaha MSP5A Monitor speakers. Is an external DAC required to listen the difference?
Are you sure the FLAC you started with was 24-bit (sometimes labeled as FLAC-HD)?
If it was a normal CD-quality (16-bit) FLAC, inflating it will not improve the audio quality.
Yes, I am sure because is the same track downdloaded from Society of Sound (Bowers & Wilkins) in both resolutions. Apple Lossless 16/44.100 and FLAC 27/48.000. Both also appear clearly in the Audirvana´s window.
Kripto,
Did you set the sample size and sample rate for iTunes playback options to the appropriate levels? See below.
On second thought, if you are playing through Audirvana, the iTunes settings don't really matter. 😟
iTunes and .flac?
