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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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glupson
7,842 posts
 
Not fair. This is the first time someone has a chance to agree with geoffkait and you want to ruin it. This may be a historic moment.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"So your results are not surprising, glubson."
It seems that erik_squires and you agree on this one.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
"Even two sides of an LP could be different (1 side correct, 1 side wrong)."
There is a major conspiracy going on in the world. People have been going out of their way to mess up polarity of the recordings. For decades and all around the world.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
Regarding "phase inversion button"...

"Um, no one has it because almost no one finds any value in it."
I have it. Two of them. I find it valuable to have them, at least I can say I checked for differences. At the same time, I find difference so minor that it seems to border imagination rather than real result.

In short, if you do not have this magic button, do not despair. You are not missing much.
glupson
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audioman58,

"...digital now can not only match a good turntable  but in many ways surpass them in several areas..."
Be careful. If guys from the "vinyl vs. digital" threads read this, you are in trouble.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
New DACs are way better than the old ones. They make CDs sound really good. They do not stop at CDs, they do the same to high-resolution files, too.
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