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Re:FLAC – Format overview by iggldiggl on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:24AM (#32735161)
Although there's also a difference between being able to hear a single tone, and being able to reliably perceive a difference in some more complex bit of noise.

Testing with https://www.audiocheck.net/blindtests_frequency.php, my hearing limit in the white noise case for example is at least 1 to 2 kHz lower than my hearing limit for a single frequency sinus tone.

Re:FLAC – Format overview by seba_dos1 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:56AM (#32735368)
Oh absolutely, hence the stressed out words in cursive. It isn't going to make any meaningful difference even for a 10yo with perfect hearing - for listening, 44100Hz sample rate is more than enough, and 48000Hz provides large enough headroom to already make any semi-reasonable "audiophile" sleep calm.