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Posted by Martin419 on June 26, 2004 at 17:40:42:
Hi Christine, I inquired in 'good faith', whether or not Racer had a definitive and up-to-date MLP client list to back up his assertion. I was genuinely interested and intrigued, as I am sure others here were too.
Indeed, I assumed that Racer must have a definitive source regarding his refuting of Wilkes (re. the issue of Philips Electronics' license of MLP compression). As you know, the issue of Philipsâ€™ exclusive loyalty to SACD (or otherwise) has been an subject of contention on the AA in recent weeks, and that examining this latest statement from Wilkes, with the help of Racer, could shed some useful light on the matter for readers here.
b.t.w. The fact that Wilkes (who seems like a sincere & reputable chap, as far as I can tell) mentions the issue of Philips in the way he has, to me, signals that something has indeed happened, aside from the fact that the company -- as you state -- already produces universal transports.
However, Racer (who conveniently dismisses the credibility of Wilkes in a few words), instead of kindly sharing his claimed information with all of us here on this forum, would rather engage in a both stupid pissing contest and a pointless game of internet â€˜hide-and-seekâ€™.
As for the thread in general (the one which I linked to), it also shows how newcomers to hirez have indeed lapped-up the DSD misleading marketing hype with all that nonsense of the â€˜high sample rateâ€™ of one-bit SACD and using that big-number to compare directly with that of multi-bit PCM. And then it is amusing to see how that same poster has subsequently realised the error of his ways.
FWIW, The other aspect I found interesting was the mention of the internal 32bit mixing & DSP resolution of the system which Wilkes uses. This shows that what I have repeatedly said was theoretically possible with hirez LPCM, is indeed being put into practice.
Finally, like you, I did find the detailed description of his system components for hirez & surround-sound production quite fascinating.
cheers, Martin.