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Re: oversampling

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>Upsamplers are no magic, no recipe for instant bliss. They
>are a tool for a very limited job. And if something upsampled
>turns out sounding a tad better, then that is just because
>the new DAC you're going into may inherently sound a bit
>better. But it might as well turn out the other way,
>the upsampling process killing much of the original
>information, especially if you move between non-integerly
>related formats, like between 44.1k and 96k.
>
>All else is marketing.

Well, having lived with an upsampling DAC for a couple of days now. It's early yet, but, so far, I think I can say that upsampling isn't a magic bullet that will transform all your CDs into sonic bliss. There seem to be pros and cons sound-wise.

BTW, looking at your website, you seem to have pretty good taste in music, you should rent a cottage over in Music Lane :-).

-Joe.




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