amen brother

amen brother

Posted by wolfy on November 17, 2014 at 17:14:36

In Reply to: Well, it is too good for some… posted by oldmkvi on October 26, 2014 at 08:51:14:

Higher resolution audio is the way forward. It's amazing to me how many excuses are made for 16/44. Unfortunately, it's all we have had for a long time.

How many dacs, cd players, amps, speakers, etc. have we gone through, to make digital a satisfying experience? 16/44 is 16/44 is 16/44 no matter how expensive the dac. Seems to me that the audio neurosis most of us are part of really started with CD's. Most of us do not even have any practical understanding of how digital even works. Most of the tweaks for CD sound production are born of a misunderstanding of the medium.

I remember when I heard CD for the first time and it was not impressive. The first CD players in the college dorm or hearing a CD walkman for the first time and I knew something just did not sound right.

Hi fidelity is about resolution.

Anyway, I could go on, but once we are liberated from 16/44 and move on to a higher resolution format, the neurosis will subside. In the meantime, I'm not wasting any more time or money trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear. I have my lp's to listen to.

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Topic - DAC for 16/44 - mcp 06:21:54 10/25/14 (22)

Older R2R ladder DACs and a good USB to SPdif converter. - morricab 01:42:22 11/04/14 (0)

Make this chap an offer - jusbe 22:02:49 11/03/14 (0)

RE: DAC for 16/44 - msa 09:51:10 11/03/14 (0)

RE: DAC for 16/44 - MrDerrick 04:47:16 11/02/14 (1)

RE: DAC for 16/44 - ahendler 20:36:19 11/07/14 (0)

RE: DAC for 16/44 - pgawan2b 16:41:23 11/01/14 (0)

Look at the Blue Circle B509 - Frihed89 09:19:33 10/26/14 (1)

RE: Look at the Blue Circle BC509 - sbrians 12:44:51 10/28/14 (0)

Bel Canto DAC3 - bullethead 03:56:40 10/26/14 (0)

check out Scott Nixon DACs - G Squared 13:50:42 10/25/14 (1)

And Metrum Quad - sbrians 12:39:14 10/27/14 (0)

high rez data - which I don't need - oldmkvi 08:30:04 10/25/14 (10)

RE: high rez data - which I don't need - mcp 09:01:31 10/25/14 (0)

RE: high rez data - which I don't need - ahendler 08:48:00 10/25/14 (8)

Well, it is too good for some… - oldmkvi 08:51:14 10/26/14 (7)

amen brother - wolfy 17:14:36 11/17/14 (0)

RE: Well, it is too good for some… - ahendler 14:59:27 10/26/14 (2)

RE: Well, it is too good for some… - c1ferrari 22:46:50 11/22/14 (0)

Agreed - sbrians 12:36:55 10/27/14 (0)

RE: Well, it is too good for some… - mcp 11:46:38 10/26/14 (0)

Problem is - G Squared 10:23:30 10/26/14 (1)

RE: Problem is - charles1dad 12:58:37 11/07/14 (0)

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