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In Reply to: RE: TAS Spencer Holbert's Shameful Admission. posted by Tony Lauck on April 08, 2014 at 10:05:17
I am not sure I understand your post.
I essentially said that 99% of all digital music owned by most people is in PCM..you say you have 95% PCM..how does this 4% differential to what I estimate account for different tastes in music, or anything else.
Whether 95% or 99%, should one base their entire system around an "upgrade" that accounts for 5% of their music library. I think not.
Follow Ups:
> > I essentially said that 99% of all digital music owned by most people is in PCM..you say you have 95% PCM.
Essentially? What you originally wrote was:
"99.99999999 % of all the digital music anyone will ever own is in PCM"
Tony Lauck qualifies as an "anyone". He has more than 1% DSD music. For someone
who is quick to jump on others' assertions, it seems you went overboard with yours.
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
—Leonard Cohen
Actually I agree with you.
What I SHOULD have said is that MOST people's digital collection will be 95% PCM..and not used such an extreme number. It left the door open for hair splitting.
There is little or no extra manufacturing cost associated with adding DSD playback capability to most new DAC designs and there is an increasing availability of demonstration quality recordings appearing as DSD downloads. So it is not surprising that many new DACs oriented to the audiophile marketplace are including DSD capability.
One can question the benefits, but if the costs are low, why bother?
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I don't disagree.
What irks me, and the point I was trying to make, is that is silly to call a DAC "obsolete" or "non competitive" if it does not decode DSD. Far more important is how good does it sound.. the analog output stage, etc.
The audio press has somehow desperately latched on to this non existent "DSD Revolution" causing hysteria and getting to consumers to question their DACs value if it is not stamped "DSD Ready". Again the numbers don't lie as far as available titles.
I don't disagree. Indeed, if I hadn't already been in the market for a new DAC for other reasons, it's unlikely that I would have purchased a new DAC just because to play DSD, especially because I had no DSD files to play and would be facing a "chicken and egg" situation. Nor would I have paid a huge premium to check of the "DSD" box in my new selection. I did feel willing to pay a certain premium to satisfy my curiosity, however.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Understood.
I am ALL for DSD. But I refuse to buy the nonsense that the flood gates will open concerning available media and that DSD will enjoy anything approaching mainstream acceptance.
Where has this come from, or have you made it up?
Accurate number. There are currently less than 250 non classical DSD titles downloads for sale. Don't even bother to bring up ripped SACDs. That is a non starter.
Reality.
There are over 3500 titles not including archives.
....tick tock...still waiting for those links.....
Edits: 04/10/14
Looks to be more like 9000+, but I've not vetted the site.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Huh????? These are SACDs. I was specifically referencing DSD DOWNLOADs.
I MY SELF referenced the fact there were upwards of 12,000 SACD titles in print.
Somewhat confusing. The posts were somewhat cryptic, as fitting the style of some of the posters in the thread.
If it makes you feel better, I'll not be buying a single one of those 9000 SACDs, as they all come with DRM.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
My post: There are currently less than 250 non classical DSD titles downloads for sale. Don't even bother to bring up ripped SACDs. That is a non starter.
FMAKs response: There are over 3500 titles not including archives.
My previous post:. there are currently approximately 12,000 SACD titles to choose from, dating back to circa 2000...
FYI, I own approx. 1000 SACDs.
Please provide a link where I can find 3500 POPULAR music tiles in DSD to download. Please do not include classical. I will be waiting.
Were I to take him at his word (250 DSD titles) and 99.99999999% (10 9's) aren't DSD, then there have to be 250 x 10^10 = 2.5 trillion titles in all.
It looks like the music industry is a lot bigger than I thought. :-)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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