A new study proves that high sample rates really DO sound better. Or does it ? As usual it's a little more complicated than that... in this episode we investigate why, and also discuss how to test this stuff for yourself, plus - when you might choose NOT to mix at Abbey Road, why all CD players don't sound the same, and why Ian hates the sound of swirling ultrasonic birdies. And, what that actually means!

Links:

AES Paper: A Meta-Analysis of High Resolution Audio Perceptual Evaluation

https://secure.aes.org/forum/pubs/journal/?ID=591

Intermodulation distortion

http://productionadvice.co.uk/high-sample-rates-make-your-music-sound-worse/

Test files for intermodulation distortion

http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html#toc_1ch

The importance of loudness matching

http://productionadvice.co.uk/you-must-do-this/

Why mp3 sucks - and how to hear it

http://productionadvice.co.uk/why-mp3-sounds-bad/

The amazing Record Production Dot Com website

http://www.recordproduction.com

Russell Cottier's site

http://www.russellcottier.com