24 bit vinyl clips, Examples of 24 bit vinyl and bit-reduced versions Options

[Gretschguy]

Attached are several clips for vinyl rips, each in (24/48) and (16/44.1) -- I have many more but 7 I filled up my attachment space.

I used Izotope's SRC and MBit+ algorithms to do the conversion, I converted sample rate first and then bit rate.

The rips were done using Thorens Turntable, Lyra Delos cartride, Parasound phono pre, Burl B2 ADC, Lynx AES16 card, Pure Vinyl software.

If anyone has better conversion technology than Izotope I would be interested to hear those samples for my own comparison, as a practical matter I would like to have the best possible bit reduced versions in my library in addition to my 24 bit versions.

If anyone is interested in specific notes on what I'm hearing as the differences in my playback system then let me know.

The sources are:

Dire Straits "Romeo And Juliet"
Prefab Sprout "Faron Young"
Yes "Roundabout"
The National "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
Cat Stevens "Father And Son"
Roxy Music "Running Wild"
John Lennon "Mind Games"

Thanks for checking these out.

Attached File(s)

 Faron_Young__30s___24_48_.wav ( 7.9MB ) Number of downloads: 136
 Father_And_Son__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.17MB ) Number of downloads: 77
 Running_Wild__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.27MB ) Number of downloads: 57
 Romeo_And_Juliet__30s___24_48_.wav ( 6.98MB ) Number of downloads: 137
 Father_And_Son__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.37MB ) Number of downloads: 75
 Roundabout__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.53MB ) Number of downloads: 64
 Roundabout__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.27MB ) Number of downloads: 50
 Bloodbuzz_Ohio__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.37MB ) Number of downloads: 59
 Bloodbuzz_Ohio__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.16MB ) Number of downloads: 48
 Mind_Games__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.05MB ) Number of downloads: 47
 Mind_Games__30s___24_48_.wav ( 8.24MB ) Number of downloads: 60
 Faron_Young__30s___16_44_.wav ( 4.88MB ) Number of downloads: 62
 Running_Wild__30s___16_44_.wav ( 5.11MB ) Number of downloads: 60
 Romeo_And_Juliet__30s___16_44_.wav ( 4.31MB ) Number of downloads: 87

 

[mixminus1]

@Gretschguy, a couple questions:

1) You said earlier that you were using your Burl to capture at 24/96, but the samples you posted are 24/48. Are these files new captures performed with the Burl running @ 48 kHz, or downsampled from your original 96 kHz captures?

2) Regarding performing an ABX test with your system: What have you been using for playback of your 24-bit files (and related to that, exactly how have you been comparing the "hi-res" and downsampled versions)? The output of the Lynx card to your Burmester DAC? If so, and you're running Windows, the freeware foobar2000 audio player has an ABX plugin that would make performing an ABX test simple, especially as foobar can be set to always output 24-bit audio to your audio interface, regardless of whether the file being played is 16 or 24 bit (16-bit files are just padded with zeros).

Comparing different sample rates could be tricky, though, as although foobar has no problem outputting any sample rate known to man, your DAC will most likely mute while switching rates - or I should say, *hopefully* it mutes, and doesn't pop/click/etc - and depending on how long that mute lasts, it could make ABX'ing difficult.