Audibility of a CD-Standard A/DA/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback

Meyer EB, Moran DR. Audibility of a CD-Standard A/DA/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback. J Audio Eng Soc. 2007;55(9):775-779. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14195

@article{Meyer2007_14195,
  author = {Meyer, E. Brad and Moran, David R.},
  title = {{Audibility of a CD-Standard A/DA/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {55},
  number = {9},
  pages = {775--779},
  year = {2007},
  month = sep,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14195}
}

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AB  - [Engineering Report] Claims both published and anecdotal are regularly made for audibly superior sound quality for two-channel audio encoded with longer word lengths and/or at higher sampling rates than the 16-bit/44.1-kHz CD standard. The authors report on a series of double-blind tests comparing the analog output of high-resolution players playing high-resolution recordings with the same signal passed through a 16-bit/44.1-kHz “bottleneck.” The tests were conducted for over a year using different systems and a variety of subjects. The systems included expensive professional monitors and one high-end system with electrostatic loudspeakers and expensive components and cables. The subjects included professional recording engineers, students in a university recording program, and dedicated audiophiles. The test results show that the CD-quality A/D/A loop was undetectable at normal-to-loud listening levels, by any of the subjects, on any of the playback systems. The noise of the CD-quality loop was audible only at very elevated levels.
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