Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-Res or not Hi-Res at Qobuz - thisis the question.

2016-04-02 Thread garym
rkrug01 wrote: > > > And then i lately realized that Watermark crap. > > Your 24/96 qobuz purchase may have the Watermark vermin inside while a > > standard CD hasn't. > > https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,98.0.html > > > > > But the same applies to all downloads. > > No, not all dow

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-Res or not Hi-Res at Qobuz - thisis the question.

2016-04-02 Thread Wombat
Julf wrote: > Really? Why would you need quality control when everyone will hear a > night and day difference between "hi-res" and red book? :) Over the years i was in contact with several persons on the internet and exchanged samples of typical faults of mp3 coding. There was only one person i k

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-Res or not Hi-Res at Qobuz - thisis the question.

2016-04-02 Thread Julf
Archimago wrote: > As usual, without decent quality control the whole hi-res thing is a > fail Really? Why would you need quality control when everyone will hear a night and day difference between "hi-res" and red book? :) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hi-Res or not Hi-Res at Qobuz - thisis the question.

2016-04-02 Thread Archimago
That's just sad. As usual, without decent quality control the whole hi-res thing is a fail especially when they let stuff like this happen with watermarking... Upsampled audio, questionable provenance, dynamic compressed mastering, now watermarking. All when it's questionable even if well done hi-