Themis;376470 Wrote: > Bah, never mind. > It's just that I find it unbelievable, that, after all these years, a > lot of "researchers" (especially audio engineers) spend so much time > and energy trying to convince everybody around that redbook 16/44.1 is > the best recording/reproduction method possible, and that any attempt > to go "better" is useless. > It is, and it will always remain unbelievable to me. And a sad way to > do research. Sorry. :( I think you're painting with a wide brush. I don't think that "redbook 16/44.1 is the best recording/reproduction method possible, and that any attempt to go 'better' is useless". Very few people would support 16/44.1 as a recording or mastering format.
Why is it good to use hi-rez for recording and mastering? It is a fact that any processing done causes rounding errors and when multiple effects are applied these rounding errors can become significant at 16/44.1. Why would we not use hi-rez for recording and mastering? Significantly, not much to say about this. On balance, you'd have to be dumb to use 16/44 in a studio because there are real advantages and no real drawbacks. The story as a playback medium is somewhat different. Whether you believe 16/44 is transparent as a playback format or not there are real drawbacks to hi-rez (compatibility, cost and DRM, plus availability). These drawbacks shift the onus onto hi-rez believers to justify hi-rez for playback. People satisfied with the cheap, universally compatibility, non-DRMed, high-availability format (red book) don't have to justify their preference. 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=54077 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
