bakker_be wrote: > a side by side comparison of redbook & DSD, with some quite valid > obsrvations IMO, especially the conclusion :) > http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2013/04/auralic-vega-dsd-review/
Yeah, I think the review is generally "fair". The DAC also looks very nice! However, I would say that his choice of music would not lend to demonstrate DSD's "superiority" at all (in fact, likely quite the opposite!). Peter Gabriel's "So" I believe was recorded in PCM and the SACD has a very strong low-pass filter at ~20-21kHz. The 2012 24/48 release I bet would sound better to most people side-by-side plus it's got 3 bonus tracks! Fagen's "The Nightfly" is well known to have been recorded in 16-bit/50kHz with 3M's digital tape system! Therefore, if you convert that to DSD, you gain nothing in terms of better dynamic range, and in fact likely worsened/colored the sound through the PCM --> DSD conversion. The "definitive" version would be the 24/48 DVD release from 2007. Now that would be a fascinating comparison - 24/48 vs. SACD with the tester knowing that technically 24/48 should be significantly superior due to nature of the source material! The "Immersion" Blu-Ray of "Dark Side Of The Moon" in 24/96 from 2011 is also superior to the 2003 30th Anniversary SACD IMO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98482 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
