satkinsn wrote: > I guess my very unscientific take is that I'm reading more pushback in > the forums I frequent, more people calling b-s on various unsupported > claims. I'm not saying the argument's been won, or close to it, but it's > at least easier to get a dissenting opinon these days, with Arch's blog > posts being a fine example. > > Second, a question: for the last decade I've bought cds and ripped to > lossless. This season, I did my first extensive blind a/b/x testing and > realized I could tell absolutely no difference between my rips and > iTunes. I've switched over the last few months to buying audio from > iTunes because a.) it's cheaper and b.) it's one less thing I have to > keep track of/store in my home. You're not a fan of iTunes, apparently. > What am I missing? (You and I tend to listen to the same stuff, I > believe.) > > s.
I agree that on the surface there appears to be the start of movement towards better sound, especially among the younger, headphone wearing crowd. But look more closely and what do you see? Lots of Beats headphones and Beats headphones are most definitely not about better sound but rather all about BASS BOOST. So in reality there is no movement towards better sound but rather a movement towards sound reproduced in a very distorted and unmusical way. As for iTunes and lossy downloads I just refuse to pay for an lossy mp3 or acc file, period. With lossy compression the file is forever "locked" in that format since transcoding or converting the file into another format will only result in more data loss. With lossless compression, such as flac or alac, the file can converted to any other audio codec with no loss in audio quality. But hey it's your time and money. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101052 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
