I'm on to it but a bit reluctant to the "real" need for a bigger than 16/44.1 container for tier 2
Maybe for marketing reasons as the demographic simply won't believe how good a CD really can sound and that's it, but still have some disbelief in the back of thier mind that it could be even better in 24/96 . It's not a technical margin ( that's set by our biology ) but a "piece of mind" margin . I may never be possible to get it trough records sounds bad because they are bad , not due to containers anymore . The cassette the LP and VHS all had serious limitations . We don't have limiting container formats anymore since streaming service got >320kB or better . Unless we want to .Web radio have chosen to be on limiting container format for thier business model , it would even impose problems for tier 1 in your scenario , but that's another market segment . And ofcourse it should still be -recorded- in >=24/96 and processed as floating point data until is down mastered to whatever format , tier 1 or tier 2 . But it's worth thinking of . If you project the arrow of "high end" as TAS will have it we all have 0.0000000003 watt SET amps costing a trillion dollar with unobtainium transformers in 2100 . Or 7D 80000k TV's and 625 channels for cool AV stuff if you project that branch of audio . That simply won't work at al :) Good soundquality and picture quality can be an obvious commodity for everyone on the cheap . The focus must be back to the program material , the art of the music or the movie . And the listening environment . The place and time to single mindedly immerse in a work of art for its own sake . Not multitasking it on the run while tweeting about it... If one could sell the idea to just sit down and listen to music as a trend ? The retro trend of vinyl is an indication , some of the new generation do apriciate the idea of experiencing a piece of music . Instead of the endless auto generated tapestry from some streaming service . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104904 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
