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RE: I don't know what gear you have/had , or what your musician friends heard,

Posted by PAR on December 31, 2018 at 08:46:16:
OK, here you are as a musician that likes upsampling. Fair enough and more power to your elbow ( or lungs and lips :-)).

What gear? In order: dCS Elgar/Purcell, dCS Paganini 4 box stack, dCS Vivadli 2 with matching upsampler ( which I tried but had the familiar misgivings so didn't buy the upsampler box). Maybe your gear does it better but, as I this is from the company that really "invented" upsampling and, BTW, was one of the developers during the implementation of DSD for SACD (they were responsible for the data packing) and was also a prime developer of DoP. So I take it on trust that they know what they are doing.

Now I like DSD. Just not PCM upsampled to DSD. I don't really like PCM upsampled to other sample rates even when they are integers of 44.1 KS/s. However I will admit that 16/44.1 upsampled to 24/176.4 is a reasonable compromise i.e. the negative aspects that I hear are not as prevalent as with DSD conversion.

It is difficult to put in words why I dislike it (dCS don't understand me either!) as I am currently unsure that I have the appropriate vocabulary. I can only say that when I switch it off it is comparable to having worn a pair of shoes that pinch and the relief upon taking them off. I really have been suffering mild stress.

I suppose one day I could try the DSP facilities in JRiver and try it there but , as I said recently, I try not to get too involved in excess playing around with technology. I do too much already and it eats into listening to music.