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Explanation of the sample rate, bit depth and bit rate<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nHigh-resolution streaming and audio promise us particularly good lossless sound when playing digital music. But what exactly does that mean? Sample rate, bit depth, and bit rate are explained.<\/p>\n

16-bit 44.1 kHz – CD Quality: This slogan is often used when marketing high-resolution and lossless audio formats and equipment. But what exactly is it about?<\/p>\n

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The quality of digital audio signals is primarily determined by three things: sample rate, bit depth, and bit rate.<\/p>\n

In principle, you have to imagine that a digital audio signal is not a constant flow of information. Rather, music is divided into very, many small “slices” (samples), each of which carries the information for the digital-to-analog converter in a short section.<\/p>\n

The more samples a signal has per unit time, the more precisely the original analog signal can be mapped.<\/p>\n

The sample rate reveals how tight the samples are: the 44.1 kHz of a CD represents 44,100 samples per second.<\/p>\n

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