Wombat wrote: > I have no idea if this helps. None if it guarantees good sound. > My biggest problem with downloads in online shops today is how the > 16/44.1 version is created from the HiBit version in the same shop. It > is a gamble. When asking before buying you normaly get no answer.
True, There is no way to ensure "good sound" just like DDD never meant better sound than ADD in the 1980's. However, it does put some mechanism in place to allow a simple identification of provenance. The implicit statement being that HHH music has been treated with care that the "flow" was through a recording and audio engineering system capable of "greater than CD" resolution. For the consumer, this provide an alert around releases like the Dylan or bizarre releases like Beck's "Morning Phase" with what looks like MP3 compression (at best a "D" in the mix). And IMO, it allows a mechanism for -accountability-. Imagine if Qobuz and Columbia markets this Dylan album as "HHH". With the objective evidence that this release really is no better in resolution compared to the CD, they would clearly be in breach of truthful advertising. Unless there is some mechanism in place (even to a small degree), the "high resolution download" domain I suspect will remain mired in doubt and suspicion... A terrible marketplace which is prone to foster resentment among consumers when they realize they've been "duped" and paid a premium over the regular CD! Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103091 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
