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

Just had a little déjà vu. ... a glitch in the Matrix :-)

On jún. 20, 22:37, Robert Coogan <bobcoo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 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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