Audiophile witch hunt or basic common sense?

[ToppingSMSL]

Certainly an opinionated audio engineer by all accounts.
Those that insist on presenting YouTube links with no other comments are probably the worst thing on this forum at the moment

Well that's quite opinionated of you. Youtube videos can start discussion.

 

[Al ears]

Well that's quite opinionated of you. Youtube videos can start discussion.

Yes I have an opinion, as does everyone on this forum, however I am simply stating I will not be bothering to watch your latest edition nor any that simply show someone else's opinion on a subject matter that's usually pointless.
I think I am allowed to do that.

 

[ToppingSMSL]

Yes I have an opinion, as does everyone on this forum, however I am simply stating I will not be bothering to watch your latest edition nor any that simply show someone else's opinion on a subject matter that's usually pointless.
I think I am allowed to do that.

I do not think most people want to read that you wont be watching something. Most people will not care.

 

[Revolutions]

If a turntable floats, is it a witch?

 

[Al ears]

If a turntable floats, is it a witch?

Or particularly well adapted to it's environment.

 

[Jasonovich]

I thought I share. I got a reminder to renew my CD burning software: there's a EZ CD software update. I thought the pinnicle of digital was 32 bit floating point PCM 758khz DSD 1024. It's kind of got silly now with the sampling rate.
Some rebranding Ultra HD, interesting development but we barely have DSD512.

 

[Jasonovich]

If a turntable floats, is it a witch?

Probably on some substance

 

[Friesiansam]

I thought I share. I got a reminder to renew my CD burning software: there's a EZ CD software update. I thought the pinnicle of digital was 32 bit floating point PCM 758khz DSD 1024. It's kind of got silly now with the sampling rate.
Some rebranding Ultra HD, interesting development but we barely have DSD512.

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Silly and utterly pointless. They’ve given the marketing department too much influence. I’m sure there are gullible types who’ll get taken in by it though.

 

[podknocker]

Probably on some substance

And what do we do with turntables?

BURN THEM!!!!!

 

[podknocker]

Silly and utterly pointless. They’ve given the marketing department too much influence. I’m sure there are gullible types who’ll get taken in by it though.

CD quality covers the entire range of human hearing and the dynamic range is more than enough with CD, accepting the fact that the mastering process is as careful as it is with vinyl mastering. All these numbers don't change anything. It's just numbers for the sake of it and you won't hear the difference.

 

[Friesiansam]

CD quality covers the entire range of human hearing and the dynamic range is more than enough with CD, accepting the fact that the mastering process is as careful as it is with vinyl mastering. All these numbers don't change anything. It's just numbers for the sake of it and you won't hear the difference.

Some time ago I downloaded an album from Qobuz that was 24bit 172KHz and, couldn't hear any noticeable improvement, on my Pathos amp and Focals.

 

[Jasonovich]

And what do we do with turntables?

BURN THEM!!!!!

Ah play fair Pod! 😁

 

[Revolutions]

And what do we do with turntables?

BURN THEM!!!!!

 

[podknocker]

I thought I share. I got a reminder to renew my CD burning software: there's a EZ CD software update. I thought the pinnicle of digital was 32 bit floating point PCM 758khz DSD 1024. It's kind of got silly now with the sampling rate.
Some rebranding Ultra HD, interesting development but we barely have DSD512.

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These numbers are just nonsense and buying an 'upgrade' licence is a waste of money. IF recording studios used this level of recording quality AND it was available on streaming platforms AND all the streaming amps had DACs capable of this level of recording, then it would all work, but nobody would hear the difference. People need to remember that most recording studios are using 24 bit at most and this is decimated to 16 bit for CD, which I think is good enough. There will be 24 bit masters available on a few streaming platforms, but can you really hear the difference? It's just this relentless marketing of higher and higher numbers, which don't translate into real world improvements. You can chop up a recording as much as possible, but there's a point where human hearing can't tell the difference. The only way to experience your favourite albums at studio quality is to visit one and ask them to play the source tapes or digital files. Everyone's chasing unicorns and you won't catch one.