Well, I'm still waiting to see one single bliund listening test in which people can even -distinguish- between 16/44.1 and something better*, let alone care about the difference (and I'm not talking about tiny differences in the noise floor that can be heard with massive amplification - this is about music played at reasonable levels).
But I agree that enhanced standards might encourage mastering engineers to do a better job... *"Audibility of a CD-Standard A/D/A Loop Inserted into High-Resolution Audio Playback". E. Brad Meyer and David R. Moran. JAES 55(9) September 2007. The tests, conducted with many experienced listeners on a variety of high-end systems over the course of a year, produced a null result (no difference was audible). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38379 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
