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resetbypeer@lemmy.world 3 months agoI partially agree with you. Yes mixing and mastering is far more important than bitrate. However if I let my gf listen to a identical song both in normal 16/44khz and 24 bit version, she can hear difference. Now is it night and day ? Not always, but subtle Improvement can matter when enjoying music.
aleph@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Literally the only difference between 16 bit and 24 bit is that the latter has a lower noise floor, which is really only useful for sound production - It doesn’t translate to any increase in detail or dynamic range.
Any difference your gf hears is due to the placebo effect rather than any inherent difference in the actual audio.