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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

Open minds, closed wallets.

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

"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."


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