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High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.

Something that came as a surprise to me is how good DAC's have gotten over the past 5-10 years.

Before then, there was a consistent, marked improvement going from Redbook (44.1/16) to 96/24 or higher.

The modern DAC, the best of them, no longer do this. The Redbook playback is so good high resolution is almost not needed. Anyone else notice this?
erik_squires

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cleeds
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fleschler
You are mixing up reverse channels on SP 8 and 10. SP 11 and Ref 3 and 5 have reverse polarity.
Good catch - you're absolutely right! I stand corrected. Thanks for setting the record straight.
cleeds
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erik_squires
cleeds: Every Audio Research preamp I've ever seen has a phase inversion function. It can be very useful!
Please give specific example
SP-8; SP-10; SP-11; Ref 3; Ref 5 ...
cleeds
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erik_squires
... no one has it because almost no one finds any value in it.
Every Audio Research preamp I've ever seen has a phase inversion function. It can be very useful!

The old McIntosh MX-100 tuner-preamp also had this function, although I don't know if it's included on more recent Mac products.
cleeds
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assetmgrsc
... I am old enough to remember that Phillips invented digital audio ...
Denon was recording digital audio back the the '70s, years before Phillips.
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