VERWILDERT / 13:04, 25.04.26 
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yes, in most cases, tr24 web releases use the same masters, so they don't inherently provide a guaranteed audible improvement, true in popular genres, where the results are shaped by compression and limiting. production is typically carried out at higher internal resolution (24bit or 32bit float, often 48kHz or higher) to minimize processing errors, after which the signal is converted for delivery to 16bit 44.1kHz requires bit-depth reduction with dithering, which converts quantization errors into low-level noise while preserving perceived detail within the noise floor. as a result, differences between 16bit and 24bit versions of the same material are usually reduced to noise structure rather than dynamics or frequency range. in the streaming era, hi-res formats have become commercially accessible, and modern portable players and DACs support them without limitations. so, 24/96 release is often either the original master or its high-bitrate digital distribution version provided by the label, while the redbook version is more heavily adapted to format constraints
