I have been wanting to know the answers to these questions for a long time but never knew how to ask.
Perhaps someone knowledgeable can please help me.
Please note the questions I highlighted.
I want to obtain the highest quality output sound I can using MC 16.0.75
I have a high end 2.0 sound system (Harbeth speakers and LFD amplifier).
EDIT: Amplifier - Bit rate specs of the amp are unknown, however I will be using analogue connection only (never digital).
This is what I listen to when using Media Center:
FLAC: (24-bit 48KHz) (24-bit 96KHz)
CD's
Last FM
I do not do any recording.
--> My sound card is a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro. These are its technical specifications. Note the specifications for ASIO
24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192kHz to stereo output
16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8,11.025,16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
ASIO 2.0 support at 16bit/44.1kHz,16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct monitoring
Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
64MB of X-RAM
Analog output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 109dB
Windows 7 (64-bit)
MC 16.0.75
For Audio Output I selected ASIO
For Output Format Resample what should I choose?
No resampling
All sources
Only sources less than 44,100 Hz or greater than 48,000 Hz
Only sources less than 44,100 Hz or greater than 96,000 Hz
For Output Format Sample Rate what should I choose?
44,100 Hz
48,000Hz
88,200 Hz
96,000 Hz
176,400 Hz
192,000 Hz
For Output Bitdepth what should I choose? Or does it make no difference what I choose for the bitdepth output because "ASIO output ignores this setting and uses the hardware's native bit depth."
Source bitdepth
8-bit
16-bit
24-bit
32-bit
64-bit
Thank you!