mlsstl;520243 Wrote: > I just can't imagine Logitech expending the effort to come out with a > 24/192 playback device. They are a consumer products company and seem to > have little interest in chasing the super-audiophile end of the market. > > > While the Transporter is still available, it seems to be in a wind-down > phase of "OK, you can stick around as long as you don't cause any > trouble." I just can't see them upgrading its capability from the > current 24/96. > > The one credible argument that I've seen for 24/192 is on the recording > and mixing side. When multi-track levels are adjusted dramatically > during the mixing phase, you can get an unwanted increase in background > noise at the lower resolutions. > > However, once the mix is set, any advantage between 24/96 and 24/192 > for playback of the final release probably exists more in the minds of > consumers and record company marketing types. > > However, no one who buys a product ever needs to justify their > preference to a third party. We are perfectly entitled to want what we > want without having to "prove it" to anyone else. Every hobby has > products that are marketed to those at that end of the spectrum; it's > not just an audio thing. > > Now if one is doing research into human hearing or fundamental product > development, testing and proof become important issues that help guide > design priorities and advance understanding. That's a whole different > world than audiophiles debating what they can and cannot hear in their > own systems.
I have been a longtime fan of the Squeezebox but now I think I should look at other options. -- temerini ------------------------------------------------------------------------ temerini's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35877 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
