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  1. 192kHz?Have you ever wondered why there are so many different sample rates and why? The compact disc samples at 44.1kHz/16 bits. But then there's these other...
  2. That's a pityIn response to Thursday's postPeople Like Us, reader Bob Whitlock sent me this charming note and I wanted to share it. "I've always been interested in...
  3. That's a pityIn response to Thursday's postPeople Like Us, reader Bob Whitlock sent me this charming note and I wanted to share it. "I've always been interested in...
  4. Proven: CD's sound the same as high-rez!"Incontrovertible double-blind listening tests prove that the original 16-bit/44.1-kHz CD standard yields exactly the same two-channel sound quality as the SACD and DVD-A technologies. In the...
  5. Proven: CD's sound the same as high-rez!"Incontrovertible double-blind listening tests prove that the original 16-bit/44.1-kHz CD standard yields exactly the same two-channel sound quality as the SACD and DVD-A technologies. In the...
  6. People like usI certainly never have a problem when someone labels me an Audiophile although I don't think of myself as one. In fact, I am not sure...
  7. The stories we tell ourselvesA good friend of many years is in town for a few days and we've been discussing high-end audio, products, the marketplace, etc. He's been spending... The stories we tell ourselves
  8. TransitionsThe transition from one format to another, say vinyl to CD, CD to streaming audio, PCM to DSD, embodies the future directions music reproduction is taking....
  9. A bit more on bitsSeveral of you have written me asking about multi-bit DACS. You now understand how a 1-bit system works, relative to a 16, 24 or even a... A bit more on bits
  10. She turns into a tree?Now that we have a rough understanding of the differences between classic digital audio (PCM) and the format Sony popularized in their SACD version of digital...
  11. Wait for it .......Converting analog to DSD is a pretty simple process in some respects. Even simpler than PCM. But here's a case where the concept may be simple...
  12. 1-bit, 2-bit, oh my!A quick note correcting what I wrote yesterday about editing DSD. While it is true you cannot directly edit DSD, I reported that Cookie Marenco of...
  13. It's not a DSD world .... yetIn my opinion the future of all high resolution capable DACS is DSD. As mentioned earlier, most modern DACS are already converting PCM to DSD internally...