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Original Message
Strange thread!
Posted by spindrifter on November 30, 2010 at 23:31:28:
Really?
Pulse Audio is a far-from-ideal audio vehicle for Linux. I have totally avoided Pulse and will do so until further notice.
I often edit two-channel red-book audio files in Audacity with ALSA on Pinguy (a recent Ubuntu remix). My finished results are seemingly faultless. No clicks, no pops. Not a single issue.
As to so-called "high-rez", if one considers only 24/192 or higher, or DSD, as fit for "superior" audio consumption, then Linux may appear Neanderthal. (I consider recording, mixing and mastering techniques to be far more crucial. Forget sampling rate and format.)
Meanwhile, over the last few years, by developing red book circuits and modding/improving the entire red book audio chain, I seem to have arrived at a point where I have no need for SACD. My red book playback is great. (Most re-hashed SACD reissues I already have on vinyl and CD anyway. Most recent SACD recordings are of no great interest to me.)
[PS: I've been involved with desktop Linux and digital audio production (on Mac and Windows) since the mid-90s. Music, radio broadcasting and high-end audio for 30 years.]
Over 'n out.