In Reply to: The Closed Minds around here don't get it or care to get it. posted by oldmkvi on November 21, 2015 at 09:04:43:
In my experience, and from discussion with fellow music-lovers and audiophiles, the whole DXD, DSD, quad-this, double-that circus immediately falls down as an USP when audiophiles learn that most workflows revert to PCM at some point along the line. My audio friends simply ask, why can't we just have better-mastered PCM/Redbook CD?
Even if there are established non-PCM DSD workflows used by publishers with decent libraries, the confusion has been sown and the damage done. It doesn't help that the key-influencer target market for hi-res is likely older than the pop market (please correct me if I've misread that) and has been around the digital block a few times.
We've been burnt before, with endless digital hokum and questionable publishing practices. We've seen CD playback continue to mature, and like what we hear. There are still vast amounts of CDs around to buy and will be for some time. You see the problem, surely?
Big J
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- Open minds, closed wallets. - jusbe 12:14:37 11/21/15 (18)
- RE: Open minds, closed wallets. - mlsstl 16:05:10 11/21/15 (1)
- I know, right? - jusbe 16:28:49 11/21/15 (0)
- Not really... - Ivan303 15:14:32 11/21/15 (15)
- Well said - Chris from Lafayette 09:09:10 11/22/15 (0)
- Yes really... - jusbe 15:29:18 11/21/15 (13)
- I don't have a DSD DAC at the moment... - Ivan303 15:46:33 11/21/15 (12)
- Would be interested - jusbe 16:11:39 11/21/15 (11)
- Slightly OT - morricab 14:50:15 11/22/15 (6)
- Resistance is futile? - jusbe 19:21:05 11/22/15 (5)
- RE: Resistance is futile? - morricab 06:54:28 11/23/15 (0)
- RE: "they're even harder to reliably unearth than PCM1704"... - Ivan303 20:59:33 11/22/15 (1)
- RE: "they're even harder to reliably unearth than PCM1704"... - jusbe 23:15:33 11/22/15 (0)
- RE: Resistance is futile? - starchild 20:28:02 11/22/15 (1)
- RE: Resistance is futile? - jusbe 23:16:47 11/22/15 (0)
- Agree completely... - Ivan303 16:24:50 11/21/15 (3)
- RE: Agree completely... - rick_m 09:20:21 11/23/15 (1)
- Don't know, however.... - Ivan303 12:27:58 11/23/15 (0)
- RE: Agree completely... - AbeCollins 09:06:56 11/22/15 (0)