Guys, I feel like we're in some kind of audio time warp... We rehash PCM 24/192 for the on-line world (DVD-A --> HDTracks) starting ~2009 We rehash DSD64 for the on-line world (SACD --> DSD64 downloads) starting ~2012 We now rehash the *super tweeter* in concert with the hi-res experience in 2014...
I have a sneaking suspicion that this will all commercially fail much faster than the 1st time round in the early 2000's. At least back then things *felt* new with the hi-res formats giving genuine excitement and early adopters had a chance to experience it all for themselves. (Maybe Pono will be the poster child come end of year?) The only thing left after this round of push into high-res to squeeze as much as they can from the consumer with old music is to bite the bullet and admit all that really matter is how well music is recorded and mastered in the first place. Maybe then we can get somewhere fresh with truly high quality audio rather than DR7 HDTracks releases in 24/96... Of course I could be totally wrong and by this time next year, everybody and their grandma will be talking about how great Pono is, Neil Young becomes a billionaire, and Blue Coast Records expanding their DSD servers with audiophiles clamouring for more! Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101223 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
