Streaming resolution


What’s your favorite streaming resolution?  I find when streaming hi-rez files the best resolution for me is 24/44.1 or 48.  Anything higher like 96 or 192 sounds to sanitary.  It’s almost lifeless.  It doesn’t reveal more for me it’s sounds flat and to precise.  At 48kHz - that is the sweet spot for me.  The music is lively and revealing and this is across genres. Do you have a preference? What are your experiences ?

polkalover

24/44 or 24/48 for me. They are indiscernible.  Any higher sample rates require harsher filters, and that has a negative impact on the ‘natural sound’ my system can produce in abundance. 
Node Nano - HHB CDR830 - Trio W-41 tube integrated - Rogers 15ohm LS3/5A / RAM AB1 combo. 

@seymour-krelborn 

Higher sampling rates require higher levels of clock accuracy.  Your clock has to time the delivery of many more sample in the same time slice. 

I think you got something there, makes sense to me. 

Excellent post. 

If the original recording is 16/44 every higher resolution version of it is remastered. In my experience the quality of these remasters varies greatly and it can result in 16/44 redbook version sounding superior to the remastered high resolution version in some cases.
Add to this the quality of associated equipment and how different resolution files are processed by the same DAC. 
I use both Tidal and Qobuz. If I really like an album I just add the best sounding version to my library. 

Any higher sample rates require harsher filters, and that has a negative impact on the ‘natural sound’ my system can produce in abundance. 

not necessarily... just better filters that more suited to the chosen sample rate... 

@tpt 

Any higher sample rates require harsher filters...

@jjss49 

not necessarily... just better filters that more suited to the chosen sample rate... 

My understanding is that as the sampling rate goes up, the less steep (less harsh) the filtering needs to be, to avoid aliasing.