I joined this site just to give my OPINION on the aural difference I've experimented within the last 8 years of recording audio in DAW's. I've changed my bit rate and sample rate numerous amounts of times to find the right sound. If anyone using a DAW whether it be the DAW of your choice, do 2 simple mixes of a heavily ladened bass and Drum instrumental and see what your ears get and do a comparison.
In my personal preference I've recently have been recording my projects at a 24Bit 88Khz sample rate. You can call me crazy or stupid or whatever your witty brains can conjure up but in MY OPINION AIFF files have a more defined low end which seems to be more tangible to compression when mixed within a DAW. But I've also noticed that my Broadcast .wav recordings (IN MY OPINION) have an undefined but more presently untangible high and low end(IN MY OPINION)I'm not sure if this difference is due to the way each file is processed through plugins or not. But in my experience there was an audible difference.
This debate reminds me of the time i lost the Firewire cable during a move for my DIGI003 so I went out and bought a standard Firewire cable...that was a terrible mistake. It changed the sound of my unit drastically to my ears. I even went out and bought the best Goldplated 0% carbon blah blah blah and still bad. So I called up shop authorized to fix Digidesign hardware hoping they would have access to the original cables that come with the unit. The guy I spoke to on the phone basically shrugged me off and said A firewire cable is a firewire cable and he hung up. Luckily Digidesign started selling the cable and I ordered it online. As soon as I replaced the cable with original cable that comes with the unit the stereo phasing stopped and the card produced a louder output and input signal. If anyone is using a firewire or usb connected audio interface, you might want to test this out for yourself.
