Wow my head is spinning with all these detailed and well reasoned posts. However everyone fails to address the core issue and the one that really gets me upset with the world of high end audio. The issue being the use of FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) by industry insiders, which includes manufacturers and the high end audio press, to drum up new business. What private individuals care to believe is of no interest since, it has been stated over and over, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
The latest audiophile craze of DSD is a fine example of the use of FUD since to date there is no clear evidence that a DSD offers any sonic advantage over high resolution PCM (which is also guilty of the same, since there is no clear evidence that high resolution PCM offers any sonic advantage over standard resolution (16bit/44.1khz) PCM). And as I've stated more than once - many DSD recordings currently available were at one time or another converted to PCM -> edited -> converted back DSD - which makes them basically PCM recordings. Just sayin'. 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=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
