Whiner's Woad

RE: The Four Truths of Digital

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Well, I just had it out with John Atkinson, editor of Stereophile, on the Stereophile forum concerning CD resolution. JA *did indeed* agree with my assertion that re-dithered Redbook can have "sufficient resolution" compared to true hi-rez. But db specs will prove it as well....

The noise floor (resolution) of most audiophile CDs - Chesky, Hyperion, Telarc, etc. - has been at the 20-bit level since 1993...and we were never told. We were told we needed "new formats".

Note that I'm saying 20-bit *level*, not 20 actual bits. There are still 16 bits on the disc..but..the resolution is 20-24db greater. True hi-rez files, JA stated, were "different", not better.

And your first point about DSD doesn't take away my point about DSD - it is not a 1-bit recording system, it is multi-bit. This means it does things that multi-bit systems do - which breaks from some of its adverstised virtues......

JPH

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