24bit 96KHz vs 16bit 44KHz sessions

[chrisdee]

Hello. I'v been doing some simple test in Pro Tools LE 7.4cs8 and Mbox 2 Pro. I'v recording a electric guitar track (direct input on mbox 2 pro) and a vocal track (with my Shure KSM32 condenser mic). I'v added a DVerb on each track.

After recording in 24bit 96 KHz I bounced the session to a 24 bit 96KHz wav file and to a 16bit 44 KHz wav file.

Listening to the two different files many times I really can't hear that much difference in quality. The only minor difference may be that the DVerb sounds a little bit clearer in 24bit 96KHz, but it's so small difference that I'm not shure.

Recording in 24bit 96 KHz makes the sessions over twice as big, so if I can't hear a big difference I can't se the point over recording in 16bit 44KHz.

I wonder if anybody else here has done tests on recording 24bit 96 KHz vs 16bit 44KHz, and found any difference ?