There is no question that sound quality corresponds to recording quality and attention to detail by the recording engineer and that many 44.1/16 CDs can sound amazing (think XRCD) and that far too many totally suck due to loudness wars and compression.
Be that as it may, when you have an excellent recording, getting a 88/24 or 96/24 version of it and playing it back on a high quality system (and I'm including Squeezeboxen in this), can sound truly exceptional and definitely better than just CD quality. I have purchased such recordings from a number of sites and I have to say that I've been very impressed. The ones I'm most familiar with include... http://www.hdtracks.com http://www.linnrecords.com http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/Society_of_Sound Hey, it's not for everyone and you certainly won't hear a difference on computer speakers or cheap playback equipment. And you do need a way to play it back (which, of course, your Touch will certainly accomodate). But given a good recording and a great playback system, there's no going back. -- mdconnelly Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85879 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
