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General Software Discussion / Re: Why 24-bit/192kHz music files make no sense - and may be bad for you!

« on: October 04, 2021, 04:05 AM »

I agree more than half of all albums are slapped together as inexpensively as possible. I have been in the music industry in Canada, seeing both the good and the bad.
So bad that the sound engineer and person who mastered the album was 70% deaf. As a result, he would crank the volume into the red and the bass as thumpy
as a thousand bass guitarists playing simultaneously. The album was so poorly recorded that it made my $14,000 B & W speakers clip.

I switched recording companies, and they were precisely the opposite. They had almost $400,000 of recording equipment in their studio. Their interconnects were over $600 each. Their albums made my semi-high-end system sing. I've spent only $34,000 on my entire system. Unless you are worth a literal fortune, trust me when I say that my system would satisfy 97% of all people. In my experience, the 24 bit/192 kHz high-resolution downloads sound a world better than a CD, for example. I listen to a lot of jazz from 1940 to 1970. That is when music was all analog and recorded correctly. That is my experience anyway.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why 24-bit/192kHz music files make no sense - and may be bad for you!

« on: September 13, 2021, 08:34 PM »

Dismiss this article completely. I don’t know his motivation to write complete tripe about high resolution music, but he couldn’t be more mistaken.

I could go on and on, but I don’t want to dignify such utter garbage. The bottom line is that digital music, CDs, and now, ultra compressed downloads and streaming has made most music unlistenable.

If you care about sound, buy an amplifier and CD player with DAC's (digital to analogue converters). It converts cold digital music to warm analogue sound. One should also invest in a handheld player that will play high resolution music. The higher the resolution, the better; up to 24 bit/192Khz.This will give you the best sound available. When you download these high resolution albums, it is the same as owning the master tape from the record companies. Lower resolution albums, if recorded properly will also be just fine. You can easily hook your handheld player to your home stereo with one cord. This way you can play the high resolution tracks on your home stereo. Let your ears tell you if the person who wrote this sham article is correct or incorrect. You can also purchase a larger version of your handheld player that streams and stores your high resolution music you have bought online at one of many sites dedicated to selling only high resolution music.

Take my advice and put this person’s article out of your mind permanently. Follow my advice, and thrust yourself back in time pre-digital. You will thank me for the sound advice. (pun intended) 

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