Sampling Rate Discrimination: 44.1 kHz vs. 88.2 kHz

Pras A, Guastavino C. Sampling Rate Discrimination: 44.1 kHz vs. 88.2 kHz. In: AES Convention 128. Audio Engineering Society; 2010. Paper 8101. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15398

@inproceedings{Pras2010_15398,
  author = {Pras, Amandine and Guastavino, Catherine},
  title = {{Sampling Rate Discrimination: 44.1 kHz vs. 88.2 kHz}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 128},
  note = {Paper 8101},
  year = {2010},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15398}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Sampling Rate Discrimination: 44.1 kHz vs. 88.2 kHz
AU  - Pras, Amandine
AU  - Guastavino, Catherine
T2  - AES Convention 128
M1  - Paper 8101
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2010/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15398
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - It is currently common practice for sound engineers to record digital music using high-resolution formats, and then down sample the files to 44.1kHz for commercial release. This study aims at investigating whether listeners can perceive differences between musical files recorded at 44.1kHz and 88.2kHz with the same analog chain and type of AD-converter. Sixteen expert listeners were asked to compare 3 versions (44.1kHz, 88.2kHz and the 88.2kHz version down-sampled to 44.1kHz) of 5 musical excerpts in a blind ABX task. Overall, participants were able to discriminate between files recorded at 88.2kHz and their 44.1kHz down-sampled version. Furthermore, for the orchestral excerpt, they were able to discriminate between files recorded at 88.2kHz and files recorded at 44.1kHz.
ER  -