Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > Well OK - lets say "obsolete" then :-) You'll struggle to buy one new > these days. There won't be a widespread 16-bit DAC revival anytime > soon..
Well, not so much struggle to find one, as need to have to have deep pockets. Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > NOS Dac's are a niche rebellion. I find the stance of the handful of > vendors that do still sell such things rather bizarre. It's like they > just don't believe that the world has moved on - or even that it > should! It's a curious anti-pattern that seems more prevalent in audio > than any other field. The new stuff is always "worse" than the previous > stuff. I'm sure people like Peter Qvotrup and Thorsten Loesch are well aware that the "world has moved on". ;) Technological progress has other drivers. eg. cutting costs. Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > I mean, would you forego HDTV? Digital imaging? Double glazing? Of course not. If I can leverage it and I perceive that it is an improvement on what went before it, then I'm all for it. Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > It's exactly the same as when 78's were replaced by microgroove 33's. > Backward compatability was required for a decade or so, and IIRC no-one > believed the new decks made their old 78's sound better. Eventually, > 78-only decks were no longer made... The only problem with that argument is that CD (16/44.1) is still the current format. Every day shed-loads of these coasters using "museum" technology are produced and sold. The bulk of "lossless" music available for purchase is 16/44.1, not higher res. Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > > Do you not have any HDCD's? Sure, I have HDCD's. Having long ago sold my last DAC that had PMD100 hardware, I have 2 copies of them. The original 16/44.1 flac rip and a second 20 bit copy (in 24 bit flac container) generated with HDCD.exe. Phil Leigh;571774 Wrote: > Let me try a different way. If you were going out to buy a DAC today, > would you get a 16/44.1 DAC or something more flexible? Depends what I wanted it for. If I wanted the best SQ possible for playback of my primarily 16/44.1 collection, I'd seriously consider spending the bulk of my funds on a NOS TDA1541 DAC and something cheap like a Cambridge Dacmagic for flexibility. -- JackOfAll ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JackOfAll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3069 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81252 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
