Let's assume for the moment that the hi-res music available from the Pono store does actually sound great. That will be because it's been mastered properly.
What now needs to happen is for someone to take a hi-res file from Pono and convert it to something like Lame V0 or V1. Also take the mangled CD master and upsample it to 24/96 (or 24/192). Then sit Neil Young down and ask him to pick his preference in a blind test. When he picks the MP3 file, perhaps he'll then actually begin to understand. (May as well get David Crosby to take part too, given his recent comments about MP3). I wonder if there anyone in "the industry" who understands the difference between dynamic compression and data compression and has Neil Young's ear? If there is, they really ought to try and do some educating. Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102952 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
