Pale Blue Ego;282297 Wrote: > Josh, you might consider adding 176.4KHz also. Reference Recordings > will soon be offering files at that sample rate. This way lies madness. At what sample rate and bit depth should we stop, or should we continue increasing it forever? The audiophiles (who have great difficulty understanding the difference between mastering and format) have no suggestions on how to determine when enough is enough. liffy99;285625 Wrote: > > That said the recording is first rate, albeit there is noticeable low > frequency (tape ?) / microphone hiss and very low frequency rumble / > stage echoes to my mind (passing traffic noise intruding ?). > Yes these types of issue are audible (I would argue the difference between red book and hi rez isn't). You can hear exactly this kind of thing with well-recorded red book. liffy99;285625 Wrote: > > Now, if only Linn carried a greater range of music ! This guitar set is > "nice" but doesn't really set my world on fire. Hey red book is here, it is widely accepted, it is DRM-free, it is flexible, and no-one...NO-ONE...has proved it's audibly worse than hi rez. Relax and enjoy!
I went to the Park Inn Hi-Fi Show in London yesterday. My friend and I settled in two rooms which we agreed were best-at-show. Most relaxing, non-irritating, don't-want-to-analyse-it sound. One room was the Aurousal single-driver stand-mounter and another the Phasesonics array-driver two-box floorstander. Both of these represent British 'cottage industry' hi-fi. But we spent the last hour in these two rooms chatting with the manufacturers...because everywhere else sounds were to be heard that were impressive but ultimately unenjoyable. These two systems had their limitations but ultimately we just enjoyed being there. The single-driver stand-mounters (Aurausal A1 Mk2) in particular were nice. They've changed my outlook somewhat on single-driver speakers. They would make a great loudspeaker for a small second system. My point: these guys were using a -cheapo DVD player to play CDs-, and a very old budget Cambridge Audio amp. Amazing. Beat the hell out of other exhibitors with multi-k fancy source for listenability and non-fatigue: the supposed 'intangible' benefits of hi rez. YMMV etc. :) Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32951 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
