RE: [SurroundSound] Re: Bit Rate Resolution, Sampling Rate, Upsample, and Lossless vs. Lossy ....

> I have the Dire Straits Making Movies SACD.
>
> Playing Romeo and Juliet at moderate volume, I can hear textures and pick
> out instruments that I have never heard before.
>
> In the past I have had this album on LP, half-speed mastered LP, CD, SBM
> remastered CD and now SACD.
>
> I don't need someone to keep telling me that there is no difference in the
> higher resolution formats, it is obvious to me.

You do need to separate out the different mastering choices before you can
say it's due to higher resolution, though.


>
> Additionally I have a DTS CD of Eagles Hotel California derived from the
> multichannel SACD.
>
> As a CD the resolution is 16/44,1
>
> I have also recently created a DTS HD MA version from the same source at
> 24/96.
>
> One advantage of the new version is that I can encapsulate the recording
> into Matroska audio container format (MKA) which can then be played via
> VLC
> or via my media player via SPDIF to a home cinema amplifier. Not so easy
> with the DTS CD as the 44.1 khz format typically needs to be resampled to
> 48khz on a PC..

Perhaps less typical in modern times. Bit-perfect unresampled
transmission of standard formats isn't that hard to achieve nowadays.

> Another advantage of the new version is that the sound is significantly
> richer particularly in the rear channels.

The 'new' version you made has no more information than the SACD, though.
It can't. So that extra richness is something else.

>
> I have been a home cinema and hi-fi enthusiast for 30 years. I am also a
> guitarist and keyboard player and I know what I am listening to.
>
> For those people who still maintain that CD sounds as good as SACD may I
> suggest the purchase of some cotton buds may be the cheapest and most
> effective audio upgrade for you?

May I suggest not insulting anyone from such a weak evidentiary position?



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