audiophile 24/96.... 192.. what the difference?

[riccol]

What exactly are the differences between these two cards?

 

[studiomaster]

uhh...its not 24/92, but 24/96. the difference is the bit depth. as u can see 96khz and 192khz are bit depths. they are the number of audio cycles per second(frequency).
from this difference, the clarity might be different.

 

[riccol]

oops ..sorry knew it was 24/96 but my typing finger didn't
by the way thanks for the response..so greater clarity with the 96?

 

[studiomaster]

no...greater clarity with 192 since it has a higher frequency.

 

[riccol]

thanks that makes senses
Been using a 24/96 for four years now and Happy as a pig in mud but got a new computer coming and was considering the 192.
Would you think there would be any advantge to going the extra few bucks with the 192?
Would I just use regular 1/4 inch cables if I went with the 192?

 

[studiomaster]

Nah...i would stay with a 96khz soundcard because u find notice much of a difference by using a 192khz card unless u have expensive recording equipment. and plus 192khz audio takes double the hard drive space so u should consider that.

 

[Adrian Lopez]

as u can see 96khz and 192khz are bit depths.

Actually, the bit depth is 24 bits. 96kHz and 192 kHz are sampling frequencies.

 

[riccol]

so trying to understand why 192 takes up more hard drive space.
The resulting wav files are bigger?? Or does it take up more CPU use?
I get brain cramps trying to understand some stuff!!

 

[Adrian Lopez]

For uncompressed audio (like wave files), the amount of space required for every second of audio is given by the bit depth multiplied by the sampling frequency. For example, if the bit depth is 24 bits (which means there are 24 bits per sample) and the sampling frequency is 96 kHz (96,000 samples per second), the total amount of storage required for every second of audio is 2,304,000 bits (288,000 bytes), which is roughly one megabyte for every 3.641 seconds of audio.

 

[riccol]

O.K. great!! that was helpful!
So, then Adrian, does the added samiling rate that results in the larger files produce a noticeable difference in the quality of the sound?
I know this is subjective, but using low end pres, like DMP3 etc. In your opinion would the use of extra hard drive space be worth the difference?

 

[Adrian Lopez]

All I've used is my computer's built-in soundcard, so I'll leave that question for somebody else to answer.

 

[Bulls Hit]

Unless you've got golden ears, or are related to George massenburg, you won't hear any difference between a 96KHz & a 192KHz recording