thomsens wrote:
I guess you make a good point about budget assumptions. My budget
isn't so limited that I'm concerned about a transient issue of my
library being MP3 driving my system choice or that the transporter is
$2K. I'd rather set myself up for the inevitable re-rip to FLAC and
other nextgen hd formats that might come along.
There is no need to ever re-rip, even if FLAC becomes obsolete and some
other cooler format comes along. All you have to do is convert the FLAC
back to PCM uncomressed files, and them recompress with whatever cool
thing there is.
I'm not holding my breath for something fundamentally different than
FLAC. It is getting all the bits that are on a RedBook CD. Sure, you
might get a little more compression, but that really doesn't matter
much. And FLAC can get better if something cooler comes along, newer
tags or whatever.
I was hoping that something better than RedBook would connect, but the
idiot vendors with their idiotic format wars killed the whole idea.
The fact is that RedBook audio is flawed, and could have been fixed
fairly easily. SACD and DVD-Audio were overkill, IMHO. What was needed
was 20 or 21 bits and 60kHz or so sample rate.
As I said in the original post, 3 different shops were blown away by
the MP3 disc I played.
So find a better shop.
So, if I get a high-end system, I can listen to MP3 most of the
time, or simply put a higher quality source in if I want to critically
listen.
You started out with the term "high end" which among audiophiles has
very specific meanings. Nothing that costs less than $20,000 is going to
count as "high end" since audiophiles spend $5000 or more on turntables,
and $1000 or more on speaker wires.
Your definition of audiophile is extreme, which is fine, but it's
different than what I was thinking.
I'm using the standard definitions of audiophile and high end, from The
Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and other popular magazines. These are the
terms that the 'audiophile shops' use.
There are plenty of us who not
satisfied with a Tweeter system of any variety,
No one seriously considers Tweeter as a high end, or audiophile shop.
They are a big screen theater retailer.
So I guess we need a term that means discerning audio fan, but not
perfectionist. In any case, I don't see it so black or white.
You can use any terms you want, but the ones you have used are well
defined in the audiophile and high-end space. If you use terms with your
own private definitions, you should expect confusion.
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Pat
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