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So apparently it was set to 96K not 192K
I was listening to a few bands that i had recently purchased & ripped to my computer. I was wearing headphones and after just a few songs I didn't feel like listening anymore; it was if the recording wasn't pleasant to my ears but I have listed to the same songs before without feeling the same. So after an hour of listening and reading a favorite book I was going to just shut it off but then remembered others talking about listening fatigue. I went in and checked the sampling and it was at 96K not the 192K that it should be at. I went back and checked my sound card settings... WOW! What a world of difference! I am now listening and feel completely different; not like I am listening to noise. I switched it back to 96K sampling and it was unreal that it made that much of a difference.
I have always sampled my music at high rates because I cared about content rather than saving space on my hard drive. This is my first realization of how important it is for your digital content to be loss-less or of high quality.
What I really want to do is run my RTA and Roomeq wizard on this stuff and show you all what i mean. I don't have my project/garage laptop with me so I have no software tools either. In fact that is one of the reasons for the settings being on 96 and not 192. I bought a new ASUS and am not a fan of Windows 7 since my software has to run on XP in some cases.
I was listening to a few bands that i had recently purchased & ripped to my computer. I was wearing headphones and after just a few songs I didn't feel like listening anymore; it was if the recording wasn't pleasant to my ears but I have listed to the same songs before without feeling the same. So after an hour of listening and reading a favorite book I was going to just shut it off but then remembered others talking about listening fatigue. I went in and checked the sampling and it was at 96K not the 192K that it should be at. I went back and checked my sound card settings... WOW! What a world of difference! I am now listening and feel completely different; not like I am listening to noise. I switched it back to 96K sampling and it was unreal that it made that much of a difference.
I have always sampled my music at high rates because I cared about content rather than saving space on my hard drive. This is my first realization of how important it is for your digital content to be loss-less or of high quality.
What I really want to do is run my RTA and Roomeq wizard on this stuff and show you all what i mean. I don't have my project/garage laptop with me so I have no software tools either. In fact that is one of the reasons for the settings being on 96 and not 192. I bought a new ASUS and am not a fan of Windows 7 since my software has to run on XP in some cases.