What's the best sound quality you can get in a CD ?

[isekii]

is Analog to Digital 24bit good ?

 

[isekii]

noone has audio experience ?

where are thou audiophiles ?

 

[randalee]

On a CD, your source may be 24-bit, but end result at playback is 44.1 and 16-bit. That's just standard red book audio CD standard. In other words, I think you are doing fine.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: randalee
On a CD, your source may be 24-bit, but end result at playback is 44.1 and 16-bit. That's just standard red book audio CD standard. In other words, I think you are doing fine.

so how would i be able to get playback at 24bit ?

 

[sharkeeper]

64bit DAC, 40MHz sample rate, 48 channels per card. Needs bandwidth and big wallet.

The Raman Interferometer can detect warbles in 10 attometer range and its sample rate using 75 nM excimer gatesources is around 2.2GS/S. Recommended traverse vessel evacuation level is 10^-18Torr. You're looking at one N atom every 500kM+ of travel.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: randalee
On a CD, your source may be 24-bit, but end result at playback is 44.1 and 16-bit. That's just standard red book audio CD standard. In other words, I think you are doing fine.

so how would i be able to get playback at 24bit ?

SACD, DVD-A.

 

[Cerb]

You're asking about two different things.

A CD is 44.1kHz, 16bps. That's it. Absolute max of 98dB range, and frequency cutoff of 22.05kHz.

As far as quality, it's all in the mastering.

 

[Semidevil]

um....128kb/s?

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Semidevil
um....1411.2kb/s?

fixed

 

[0roo0roo]

there are some supposed 20bit or something nonstandard cds. one or two of my classical ones are like that. but it takes a player that can take advantage of the extra bits atleast thast what it sez on the label.

 

[0roo0roo]

HDCD (High Density Compatible Digital)
A format of CD encoded with 20 bits of information instead of 16. An HDCD player or an HDCD receiver is required, but not both, to achieve the full potential of the HDCD encoding. A normal CD player will play the CD but will not enhance the sound. HDCD sound has more body and more dynamic range than a normal CD.http://www.towerrecords.com/help/audio_glossary.asp?oldid=b540fead7fd6d9ed6393

 

[Baked]

Playback through Meridian 808.

 

[sharkeeper]

I prefer Wadia myself.

 

[Cerb]

Also note that a HDCD is a plain old CD. The HDCD part is inside the normal stream, so in theory, you have a worse sound stream w/ a HDCD, not having a HDCD player.