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RE: Higher "Rez" Seems to Offer Lower Overall Quality

I just got a Mytek Brooklyn, and I am experiencing the opposite effect. All the music sounds very good. Red Book CD rips sound great, as does 24/96kHz.

It's actually left me wondering, for a few weeks really, if the real issue with "high rez" music isn't the data, but the DAC's. Whether instead of hearing anything intrinsic to the data captured on file if we are in fact hearing differences in how well a particular DAC handles each format?

Part of this is whether we hear a difference at all. The other part though is how we interpret those differences. It's no secret that most listeners often think any difference is "better"

What if a supremely perfect DAC played back all of these formats with the same subjective quality? Would we then attack the DAC claiming it was not revealing enough no matter what?


Best,


Erik




Edits: 10/03/16

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