Gregory's Server@grishka @c0dec0dec0de @dan I blame this on underclocked DACs in cheap equipment (96k DACs are cheaper to make than 44.1k on modern processes), as they can produce excess noise when driven outside of their design parameters. On some of these devices, a 44.1k PCM track can sound better when resampled to 96k (no longer underclooking the DAC). Better equitpment performs resampling on the fly instead of underclocking.
The real test of hearing is whether that original 96k rip sounds different when converted to 44.1k and then converted back.
@gtsteel @grishka @dan that an ongoing problem or is that like someone being afraid to hotplug USB because historical serial peripherals were not universally safe to hotplug (like might fry a board unsafe)?