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discrete badger
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It is indeed all about the music; and I've lived this maxim, having not bought a piece of audio equipment for nearly a decade, and been simply enjoying my home speaker system and my home (Solo UL powered) and portable (Voyager powered) headphone rigs. But the recent experiences with hi-res have suggested to me that I have been missing out on some of the music. This is not just an "it sounds nicer" statement of sound quality woolliness, although it does sound nicer. It is more objective than that : there are inner parts in some pieces of music which I simply haven't heard before, and if they were included by the composer/artist, then they have a part to play in the music, and should be heard. I should have investigated this a long time ago. Likewise, I should never have tolerated lossy OGG rips of my CD collection - another cause of major missing out. But storage was much more expensive back then.
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Graham Slee
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There are indeed "inner parts," and I have been trying to encourage others to discover them for the past 21 years
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That none should be able to buy or sell without a smartphone and the knowledge in how to use apps
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kgilroy
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It seems that we have very similar experiences. I have become agnostic about PCM vs DSD although you can find lots of discussion online about the merits of both. I don’t own a DSD Dac so I convert to PCM on my computer. With regards to CD’s I only buy if that is the only way to get a particular piece of music with one exception. The XRCD24 Blue Note discs I have are very detailed and exciting to listen to which tends to support my view that it is not so much the sampling frequency/bit depth but the way the music is mastered to the medium that most determines sound quality. |
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Keith
Marantz TT-15S1, Maestro V2, Accession MM, Icon Audio Stereo 40 Mk lll, Wharfedale Jade 3. Mac Mini, BitPerfect, Dynaudio Xeo2 Marantz SA-15S1, Apple TV, Cambridge CXA60, B&W DM2000, REL Sub |
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patientot
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Right, lots of camps online re: what they prefer. I do have a few different DACs that will play DSD without converting to PCM - two use an ESS chip, the other one is AKM. No difference that's audible. I mainly bought the DSD albums out of pure curiosity. I don't have any of those XRCD BN releases but I do have other older BN CDs that sound quite nice (old McMaster, Connoisseur Series, Japan TOCP, etc.). Often the mastering presentation is different across different versions if I have more than one. Certainly most mastering engineers have their own preferences and way of doing things and they are not always working with the same exact tapes either.
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SL-1200 MK7 (modified) + Reflex M + PSU-1 used with AT150-40ML, AT VM95ML, Stanton 680mkII + Ogura, and Shure M35X cartridges.
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kgilroy
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Do you know anything about these - DSD flat transfers? https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/149032/Kenny_Burrell-Midnight_Blue-DSD_Single_Rate_28MHz64fs_Download |
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Keith
Marantz TT-15S1, Maestro V2, Accession MM, Icon Audio Stereo 40 Mk lll, Wharfedale Jade 3. Mac Mini, BitPerfect, Dynaudio Xeo2 Marantz SA-15S1, Apple TV, Cambridge CXA60, B&W DM2000, REL Sub |
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patientot
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Unfortunately no. And given the price and considering I have the MM33 LP and the old McMaster BN CD I doubt I really need it. How it sounds likely depends on the condition of the source tape used. Info in the listing is very scant. Not sure when those transfers were done. Possibly around the time of the AP SACD Blue Note campaign? I'd be curious how a flat version sounds compared to one EQ'd by a mastering engineer. Then again, not curious enough to drop $25 on this download.
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SL-1200 MK7 (modified) + Reflex M + PSU-1 used with AT150-40ML, AT VM95ML, Stanton 680mkII + Ogura, and Shure M35X cartridges.
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lfc jon
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Didn't know where to put this post, so as it's HD I put it here.
As anybody heard anymore about HD Vinyl records it was supposed to be the next best thing in Vinyl, Hi-res audio in analogue and it was supposed to make producing ordinary records cheaper. I do know people were not for it as it was done digitally "but most new vinyl is now a days" It was the cheaper to produce that looking forward to. "Ha Ha" like that was going to happen.
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Reflex M, Solo (both with PSU-1) CuSat50, Lautus, Spatia & Spatia links cables. Ortofon Bronze.
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