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RE: Do you judge hi-rez classical music actually sounds better than 44/16?

Well... I recall some of my first cds in the 1980s and they were horrible sounding.
How do I know? I still have them. So yes digital has imo also come a long way.

While I have many DVD Audio both stereo / multichannel ; remember these? ; as well as a vast colection of SACDs again both stereo and multichannel.
I also have discs recorded at 16 bit 44 khtz as well as 24 bit 96 or 192 and Mobile Fidelity 24kt gold discs from The Doors, Eagles , Montrose, and many others while Mo Fi claim to use an all tube system, you REALLY can hear it come through in these 24kt gold Mobile Fidelity CDs!

Also one of my favorite recordings in multichannel SACD is a pianist from down under named Fiona Joy Hawkins an 8 time grammy award winner.
Bob Ludwig produced 3 versions for her of the album Blue Dream in my opinion a masterpiece of flowing music. Ive come to enjoy most of her catalogue.
So I correlate Bob Ludwig with quality sound production, he was also involved in the early 2000s with reproducing all the origional Rolling Stones recordings and he found in many instances the speed on the origional albums were off!
So ...he fixed it with Mick searching both sides of the Atlantic for the best master tapes!
I subsequently purchased all the hybrid stereo SACDs.

So in my findings it seems upon listening that the origional recording process and even the label or producer will have the most benefit in sound quality.
Oh, I almost forgot...
Also " direct to disc" anytime I see this as part of the overall recording process im usually very happy with the overall clarity as well as stereo imaging and soundstaging.

So Direct to Disc is also something i look for more than resolution numbers.

So yes I dont believe hires is a guarantee for improved sound.
My Lampizator Lite 7 SET dac does pcm to 384 khtz and DSD up to 256 being fed by my Innuos Zenith mk3 sever via Roon Core and Tidal Hi Fi and high quality cabling so my digital is up to snuff for comparison.

Imo origional recording process and certain engineering names or labels lend creedence or reliable consistency to quality recordings in my experiance.

Seems some things are geared more for marketing purposes.

Anyway, thats my take on digital today.
Regards,
/// Tim W. ///



Edits: 06/09/21

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