What a great thread! Civil discussion. Ruffled feathers, for sure. But, civil and respectful. Keep going guys! I am still on the fence about hi-rez and the OP really brought up a great article and it sparked a great discussion. It will ultimately come down to objectivists vs subjectivists, but who cares? Those who dismiss A/B/X testing believe that there is more to listening than can be quantified or measured, and those who believe in A/B/X think the rest of us are fools if we don't follow the science. Thanks to all for an entertaining discussion!
Focus on 24/192 Misguided?.....
As I've upgraded by digital front end over the last few years, like most people I've been focused on 24/192 and related 'hi rez' digital playback and music to get the most from my system. However, I read this pretty thought provoking article on why this may be a very bad idea:
http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
Maybe it's best to just focus on as good a redbook solution as you can, although there seem to be some merits to SACD, if for nothing else the attention to recording quality.
http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html
Maybe it's best to just focus on as good a redbook solution as you can, although there seem to be some merits to SACD, if for nothing else the attention to recording quality.