In Reply to: RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. posted by Mr_Steady on September 6, 2015 at 08:04:39:
dont dis my wise moniker as that has a complicated history but is mainly meant to be sarcastic - LOL
You are right that I should spend more time evaluating obviously but took some of those blind tests where you try to distinguish between various MP3 resolution files and then compared to the same in CD resolution and while I succeeded in most cases the difference was much less obvious than I would have assumed. Then also, as I say the difference of CD quality of different offerings is so huge that it clearly isnt a result of the medium itself and that most of the reason that CDs are maligned is not because of resolution limitations. I have some more recent Pat Metheny CD releases that I would believe were SACD if I didnt know better - obviously an artist that pays attention to things being done right
I can also question my old ears and the level of my setup which neither are "state of the art" really.
I also find interesting the notion that hi-res might be better for reasons other than resolution directly - much as you see with digital cameras, the better ones are not better because of resolution really but for CCDs and other components that allow for more dynamic rendition of color and shadow. The same is true for scanning technology and I know this for it being my job for a time
JaroTheWise
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- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - JaroTheWise 14:58:39 09/06/15 (2)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - Mr_Steady 18:06:03 09/06/15 (1)
- RE: The problem is the obsolete CD format, not digital. - JaroTheWise 20:23:47 09/06/15 (0)