8. why recording at 96kHz or more ? [it was ....Re: Noise rel

["Raimund Specht" animalsounds]

Mark, you wrote:

> sample rate should further extend the definition should it not?

A higher sample rate will extend the frequency range, but not the
dynamic range. Several cheaper A/D converters even degrade the dynamic
range at 192 kHz or 96 kHz compared to the lower rates.

> as a
> bass player for some twenty odd years, i have found that listening to
> 24/96 brings out movement and a sense of space that 16/44 just can't
> come close to... it is like the difference between plywood and the
> real thing for me. whether or not it is the 24 bit or the 96kps..i
> just couldn't say, but i can certainly hear a difference

I guess that its the increased bit-depth that makes the difference
that you can hear.

Regards,
Raimund