marflao wrote: > Hi Archimago, > > I would really like to know if those users who couldn´t hear a > difference would still buy HD formats or if they would be fine with > Redbook now (or even less). ;-) > > My personal feeling is it won´t have a great impact on their buying > behaviour and most of them will "go" for the HD format in case they > already did. But who knows maybe some of them say Redbook is now "good > enough for me". > > Maybe for future surveys of similar tests you could include some > questions if the user behaviour will change (or won´t change) based on > their own experience with the test. > > Cheers.
An important and practical question. My feeling is that this is a marketplace and ultimately $$$ speaks more than words. In good times, sure, why not splurge on the 24-bit hi-res purchase? After all, even if you can't hear the difference, we can conceptualize that the (presumably well recorded) 24-bit version has more resolution and that could be worth something I suppose - perhaps the peace of mind that this is *the last* version you're ever going to buy! (This I think is what Pono is trying to appeal to recently.) However, for those not obsessive-compulsive enough (ie. vast majority of music lovers) or during times where you just can't splurge on a 24-bit luxury, it just won't sell unless the price is right! Would you pay $5, $10, $15 more for something that can be objectively better from the 17th bit onwards but potentially never hear the difference at normal listening levels? The industry could just end up with a product nobody will pay money for -unless it's the default resolution-... I see this as a very strong possibility as the outcome. Especially because this is a download product which let's be honest can and will be pirated literally within hours of the first purchase. Yeah, maybe the respondents can be asked about behavioural change. My hope is that people will just give it a try so they can experience it for themselves and not be dependent on what folks write in magazines and on-line articles from the usual audiophile suspects. 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=101386
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