ralphpnj wrote: > I'm not sure what is happening but there seems to be the beginning of > movement in the audiophile world regarding DSD being "better" than high > resolution PCM (24or 32 bit/88.2, 96, etc. kHz). Why this is happening I > do not know but this is not the first time I've heard this. Could be a > backlash against high resolution streaming (which uses PCM) versus high > resolution silver disc based playback, i.e. SACD. Old habits die hard.
Old habits die very hard. There is definitely a luddite, anti-technology fringe among audiophiles. DSD, being pulse-density modulation, is a more primitive, "more analog" encoding than the very "computer-y" PCM... So of course DSD sounds "natural" and "analog" while PCM sounds "hard", "edgy" and "grainy" :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
