Is there any DSD or DSDIFF files available for download, otherwise it's going to be a novelty plugin used by the 3 people who happens to both own squeezeboxes and works in the pro-audio business and have access to such files. Nothing wrong with that at all but of limited use.
24/88.2 will do fine. SACD is roughly 20bits except in the highest treble where it is less than 16bits as DSD ultrasonic noise is creeping in. at very high frequencies it's all DSD noise no need for more than 88.2 fs , we can safely assume that anything over 44.1kHz is not music in an DSD signal. It migth even be for the best, some Auduphile amps are designed with very wide bandwith probably to wide, I can't imaging DSD noise is a wanted signal to amplify and load the amps speakers and xovers with. technically DSD seems a bit cultist, 24/192 linear PCM seems to do the trick just fine for recording, especially as all the post processing is Done with linear samples? The main factor behind DSD from Sony seems to have been copy protection by obscurity, to make a format almost no consumer computing can handle and spreading FUD about how much better it sounds. No doubt that the DSD process can be used for sound technically better than CD in some aspects, but it's seems a very long detour ? Off Topic: I know very little off the pro side of DSD . Are you using the same 1bit 2.82MHz as the consumer variant SACD . It seems very strange that recording and processing equipment does not work in resolutions above the delivery format ? Even more off topic: Download sellers like HD tracks seems to operate be ripping disc, this does not seems very pro to me ? rather the opposite, it reeks garage operation to me. A professional approach after legal rights for the material has been obtained would be to schedule meetings with the audio professionals involved on both sides and try to find the best possible master files and evaluate them if they fit the "HD" moniker ? There must be backups of the projects somewhere. >From the other side a professional record companies wanting to have their content available online, would have pre prepared files for all kinds of resolutions to sell to retailers with a documented pedigree. Does not matter if it's 128 mp3 or 24/192 HD a record company would want some control and QC over the content they sell ? otherwise all attempts to sell HD material will end on some kind of archeological expeditions in dusty archives. -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89733 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
