Introduction Post – New Member Joining the Hydrogenaudio Community

2025-03-28 02:14:58

Background & Interests:
Hello everyone!   I’ve been lurking on Hydrogenaudio for a while, learning about lossless formats, codec comparisons, and audio optimization—finally decided to join the discussion. My interests include:

High-resolution audio (especially FLAC vs. OPUS debates)

Objective listening tests (ABX, blind testing methodologies)

Hardware setups (DACs, headphones, and room correction)

Current Projects:

Ripping my CD collection with EAC (Exact Audio Copy) for archival.

Experimenting with ReplayGain to normalize playback levels.

Questions for the Community:

For classical music, what’s the consensus on 24-bit vs. 16-bit when the source is CD-quality?

Any recommended tools for detecting Ultrasonic Noise in recordings?

Who here attends audio engineering meetups? (Would love recommendations!)

Re: Introduction Post – New Member Joining the Hydrogenaudio Community

Reply #1 – 2025-03-31 07:40:36

16-bit is usually fine for classical music.
Try Spectro or Audacity for ultrasonic noise.
Check out AES meetups for audio enthusiasts!

Re: Introduction Post – New Member Joining the Hydrogenaudio Community

Reply #2 – 2025-03-31 08:41:45

showcwt audio to video filter in librempeg for spectrogram display of audio, with many features.

Re: Introduction Post – New Member Joining the Hydrogenaudio Community

Reply #3 – 2025-03-31 19:13:50

As a habit I look at spectograms with Ocenaudio. A lot can be revealed. Shaped noise, a  big nothing in the high frequencies, some kind of artificial high frequency bleeding, artifacts from an intermediate lossy process.

BTW you can use foo_run and create a button in Foobar2000s UI.