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In Reply to: RE: what is your most shocking wikileakesque revelations about the audio industry in the last 3 years? posted by JerryS on December 10, 2010 at 08:52:16
No, no it won't.
However, you will not be able to buy a "CD" in 5 years except on the used market.
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I've yet to hear 24/192 "done right"...... No matter how hard one tries, after roughly 15 minutes of listening, my ears always feel as if they've been subjected to dentist's drills............
Edits: 12/10/10
I've yet to hear 24/192 "done right"....
Todd, it may be time to trade in your DA-2 for an Orpheus. I didn't see a media server in your main system, but I hope you can try Firewire someday. There is a much bigger improvement with Firewire over S/PDIF coax than there is for S/PDIF coax over Toslink.
Until there is a way to cut down the RFI and latency issues in PC-based playback, I don't see a "server" type system in my audio future. The few times I've auditioned them, I've been less than impressed. Not to mention the time it takes to get running, with a decent selection of music.
In the early 1980s when CDs hit the market, if they truly offered "perfect sound forever", there never would have been a resurgence in LP, although a niche market will exist for a long time due to a) inertia (installed base), and b) novelty (LPs are fun). Just remember how fast LPs disappeared from the "record" stores around that time!
Even now, the reviews of the new file-based digital gear are overwhelmingly positive. This is in contrast to many of the reviews of early CD players. Done right, hi-rez - again 24/192 or greater - is largely competitive with analog, IMO/IME.
I think you are right about CDs. It is my feeling that used CD players are already getting harder to sell, meaning overall demand is falling. I am not a dealer, so I don't have that perspective on the market. Netflix/cable/satellite on-demand is surely hurting the sales of DVD/Blu-ray players. Blockbuster is emerging from bankrupcy for like the 5th time now. Manufacturers of CDs and CD players know the truth, of course. We don't even need to rehash how the marketplace has embraced, ugh, MP3s.
I agree that 24/192 on a PC music server wins hands down over CD players. The CD is without doubt on borrowed time now, as are most any physical audio formats (LP is a specialized & collectors nitch of which the majority of sales are used). However IMO there is a very large gap between 192 and LP. I have heard in a recording studio 2.3 million sampling rate, and even to my analog ears, this wins hand down compared to LP, so yes there is a point where digital equals and surpasses LP, but we have a long ways to go, my guess is something over half a million (768?) sampling rate will be required to equal quality LP playback. I also agree that a PC based music server has elimiated many of the mechanical problems of CD/SACD/DVD players, and thus combined with downloading, will be the wave of the future even in high quality audio (it already is for std audio today the dreaded MP3).
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