As most adults' normal hearing range is somewhere between 20hz and 20kHz (similar to the frequency range of a good quality CD) what is the appeal of hi-res audio?
If it's for the benefit of those who listen to their music from downloads (MP3, etc.) then fair enough, since the compression will have greatly reduced the quality of the recording, and presumably hi-res audio is attempting to reverse the effect of the compressed signal.
But if you only listen to music from CDs or good qualiy DAB broadcasts, then I'm not sure what the boffins are hoping to achieve. As I see it, they're trying to deliver more information than we're able to hear anyway, so what's the point?
If it's for the benefit of those who listen to their music from downloads (MP3, etc.) then fair enough, since the compression will have greatly reduced the quality of the recording, and presumably hi-res audio is attempting to reverse the effect of the compressed signal.
But if you only listen to music from CDs or good qualiy DAB broadcasts, then I'm not sure what the boffins are hoping to achieve. As I see it, they're trying to deliver more information than we're able to hear anyway, so what's the point?