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.

-- What do you mean by different mastering choices, you're not saying that
CD and vinyl will be inherently inferior are you?
>
> 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.
--Eh? Example please.

> 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.

--Actually Steven I was comparing the DTSHD MKA to the DTS CD.

>
> 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?

--What is YOUR evidence Steven?

--You insult ME by saying I have a "weak evidentiary position". Are you
basically saying my opinion is of no consequence because I don't like CDs as
much as you do? Just sounds like ill-informed smugness to me.

--MY evidence I that my two ears CAN hear a difference, and if you really
can't you should perhaps consider that your hearing is less than perfect,
much like your manners.
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