Shivam
Well-Known Member
I recently got an offer for free 16/44.1 flac download from a site from where i regularly buy higher quality flac files. I thought of experimenting and bought 16/44.1 version of some files that I already had in 24/96. The files from the same album, mastering and with even the same release date.
I was expecting slightly lesser quality and wanted these files to act as demo files when showing the difference between cd quality and higher quality files.
However to my surprise, the cd quality 16/44.1 flac files have a seemingly different equalisation. The low frequencies and the high frequencies are more pronounced and the files play at a louder volume level (something which another member noticed with SACD too). With SACD I didn't have this difference but with high definition flac this is present.
Does this mean that similar to RIAA of the analogue world, in digital world too some kind of specific filter or equalisation is needed in DAC ?
I was expecting slightly lesser quality and wanted these files to act as demo files when showing the difference between cd quality and higher quality files.
However to my surprise, the cd quality 16/44.1 flac files have a seemingly different equalisation. The low frequencies and the high frequencies are more pronounced and the files play at a louder volume level (something which another member noticed with SACD too). With SACD I didn't have this difference but with high definition flac this is present.
Does this mean that similar to RIAA of the analogue world, in digital world too some kind of specific filter or equalisation is needed in DAC ?