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Hi-res? Sometimes.

Posted by PAR on December 28, 2018 at 14:51:55:
Ordinary redbook can sound fantastic if properly reproduced and if the original recording was good to begin with. Some (certainly not all) hi-res versions sound better. Some sound better period, some sound slightly better but only given direct comparison with the redbook equivalent. Without the comparison and just listening to a sequence of well recorded different albums, in general most listeners would be none the wiser as to which were and which were not hi-res.

Whatever the resolution the quality of the original recording trumps everything else.