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Cannonaire t1_j21hk8u wrote

Reply to comment by ChipsAhoiMcCoy in which sound quality should i use for my headphone and speaker? by Tbowly

You won't get any nasty artifacts. Games will output what they support, and any modern version of Windows will resample it properly. There is no need to worry about it at all. Best to keep it at 48000Hz these days because most new content is at that rate unless all you do is listen to CDs.

As far as 44 being generous, that isn't the case. The Nyquist-Shannon Sampling Theorem tells us that in order to reconstruct audio of a given frequency, you need at least double that in sampling rate. The next rung down from 44,100Hz on PCs - if it's even supported - is 22,050Hz, which would only allow for frequencies up to 11,025Hz. Keep in mind that 44,010Hz is for each channel and is not divided amongst each ear.

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ChipsAhoiMcCoy t1_j21rx7z wrote

This is contrary to everything I see online and if I’m not mistaken all content on sites like YouTube is in 44.1, right? Not sure, you probably can’t go wrong with whatever you choose especially if you’re just going to use exclusive mode on a video player or media player anyhow. I just stick to 44.1, since that’s what I see recommended everywhere.

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