Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Mnyb
Wombat wrote: I have no idea if this helps. None if it guarantees good sound. My biggest problem with downloads in online shops today is how the 16/44.1 version is created from the HiBit version in the same shop. It is a gamble. When asking before buying you normaly get no answer. Yes if

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Archimago
Mushroom_3 wrote: Thanks for another really interesting blog Archimago. At what point does this become fraud? Good question... I guess it's especially important to remember -caveat emptor- when we're wading in the high resolution domain of data downloads. Unless there are some guidelines

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another expensive USB cable

2015-03-21 Thread Archimago
Yeah, I saw that disclaimer and made a note of it in my last blog post... Phrases like true believer should be reserved for -religion-, not engineered technology created by guys who went through technical training based on principles of applied physics. Disturbingly, it is in the domain of

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Archimago
Wombat wrote: I have no idea if this helps. None if it guarantees good sound. My biggest problem with downloads in online shops today is how the 16/44.1 version is created from the HiBit version in the same shop. It is a gamble. When asking before buying you normaly get no answer. True,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Wombat
I have no idea if this helps. None if it guarantees good sound. My biggest problem with downloads in online shops today is how the 16/44.1 version is created from the HiBit version in the same shop. It is a gamble. When asking before buying you normaly get no answer. Transporter (modded) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Wombat
Mnyb wrote: Yes if the 24/192 , 24/96 and 16/44.1 version really sounds dramatically different from any download vendor I would be -realy- suspicious I lately was shopping for the last Ben Howard and asked qobuz about the different versions but got no answer. I did byte the bullet and got me

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Bob Dylan's Shadows In The Night - when 24-bit HRA isn't!

2015-03-21 Thread Mnyb
Wombat wrote: I lately was shopping for the last Ben Howard and asked qobuz about the different versions but got no answer. I did bite the bullet and got me the 24/48 version after finding no real info on the net. The 24/48 version is indeed 5dB less compressed. Imho i should be able to