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Re:24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense ... by Rotundo on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:26PM (#48764664)
Depends on age of the listener, on average, 30 to 50 year olds hear a maximum frequency of 14 to 16 kHz.
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Re:24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense ... by Blackthorn on Thursday July 02, 2026 @01:28PM (#48764695)
Right. Which are quite below 1/2 of 44.1k!
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Re:24-bit/192kHz music downloads and why they make no sense ... by OkayPhysicist on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:00PM (#48767305)
Sure, but those are averages. I'm 30-ish, and my hearing doesn't cut out until somewhere in the 21kHz range. When I was younger, it was even higher. One of my roommates in college had one of those anti-rodent high-frequency noise generators, we almost came to blows over it.
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