I've just noticed that some good quality 320kps Radio streams are reported as 48kHZ/32bit within VLC player.
I'm decision making on buying an external DAC and Headphone Amp. I was including some well respected older DACs often limited to 96/24 (and sometimes 48/24), which I thought would be fine, as long as they are well designed & made.
However, this new discovery that the streams are 48/32, is it correct? Are they really 32bit?
With my onboard ALC1220, direct into some HD595s the streams sound nice, as good as some ripped 44.1/16 CDs.
But, I cant genuinely hear a difference when I change between 48/16 48/24 & 48/32, but it's nice to be able to do that and test.
With a higher quality DAC and Headphone Amp will it become possible to distinguish between 16bit and 32 bit?
And so, as I am buying my first DAC, would it be wise to pick one that does 32bit?
I'm decision making on buying an external DAC and Headphone Amp. I was including some well respected older DACs often limited to 96/24 (and sometimes 48/24), which I thought would be fine, as long as they are well designed & made.
However, this new discovery that the streams are 48/32, is it correct? Are they really 32bit?
With my onboard ALC1220, direct into some HD595s the streams sound nice, as good as some ripped 44.1/16 CDs.
But, I cant genuinely hear a difference when I change between 48/16 48/24 & 48/32, but it's nice to be able to do that and test.
With a higher quality DAC and Headphone Amp will it become possible to distinguish between 16bit and 32 bit?
And so, as I am buying my first DAC, would it be wise to pick one that does 32bit?