How much better is high resolution audio

B00nie said:
(6moons) was writing how BD is more suspectible to distortion due to having shallower and smaller etchings compared to a CD lol.
Kinda throws away the credibility of everything rest he writes.
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I hate 6moons, I ignore everything from that site. They're purveyors of snake oil bullshit.
 
B00nie said:
I read a review of the Oppo earlier to see if they complained about FLAC not sounding right and the reviewer (6moons) was writing how BD is more suspectible to distortion due to having shallower and smaller etchings compared to a CD lol.
Kinda throws away the credibility of everything rest he writes.
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Where the hades does people come up with this from?
 
SvenBent said:
Nope the different master sounded better. not the high resolution.
Because you do 2 things and come out better does not mean both things helped in any technical sense.
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That's what I said at the end of my post, glad you agree, lol.
 
Nenu, what you're saying is complete rubbish, and I'll tell you why.

Sure, processors generate voltage ripple as they consume varying amounts of current, and generate EMR. The solution to make this not interfere with audio isn't to minimize how much they process. If there is any interference due to processing, you've got a major problem. An external DAC decoupled from whatever is processing the sound file can fix that.
 
Brinkmann Audio Nyquist D/A processor.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/brinkmann-audio-nyquist-da-processor-page-2#oQsyxwDRui4cBkJe.99

Power Cord Sound

But this battleground I will step into: Swapping out power cords produced major differences in the sound. No wonder Brinkmann tuned his own power cord to supply with the Nyquist. Unfortunately, the second sample of the Nyquist didn't include Brinkmann's cord. Instead, I compared Dynamic Design's Neutron 16 power cord, specifically designed for digital audio ($7500), with the digital version of Shunyata Research's ZiTron Sigma ($2138). While the Shunyata's slightly warm sound complements solid-state DACs like the Simaudio Moon Evolution 650D and 780D DACs, the Dynamic Design's more open, crystalline sound proved the ideal match for the Nyquist. Is it worth spending $7500 on an active, shielded power cord for use with an $18,000 DAC—or any DAC, for that matter? That's for you to answer.
 
cageymaru said:
Brinkmann Audio Nyquist D/A processor.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/brinkmann-audio-nyquist-da-processor-page-2#oQsyxwDRui4cBkJe.99

Power Cord Sound

But this battleground I will step into: Swapping out power cords produced major differences in the sound. No wonder Brinkmann tuned his own power cord to supply with the Nyquist. Unfortunately, the second sample of the Nyquist didn't include Brinkmann's cord. Instead, I compared Dynamic Design's Neutron 16 power cord, specifically designed for digital audio ($7500), with the digital version of Shunyata Research's ZiTron Sigma ($2138). While the Shunyata's slightly warm sound complements solid-state DACs like the Simaudio Moon Evolution 650D and 780D DACs, the Dynamic Design's more open, crystalline sound proved the ideal match for the Nyquist. Is it worth spending $7500 on an active, shielded power cord for use with an $18,000 DAC—or any DAC, for that matter? That's for you to answer.
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Heh and imagine what sort of improvement he would get if he would replace the 100 miles of cheapest brand copper cable that actually feeds his 7500,- power cord :D

Peter McGrath, an accomplished recording engineer, played unprocessed hi-rez files of his simply miked orchestral recordings, followed by the time-corrected MQA versions. The differences were profound, and obvious to all attending: The MQA versions had greater image solidity and three-dimensionality, and wider perceived dynamics. More like a good LP. McGrath even surmised that vinyl's superior performance to CD in the time domain may account for why, on the best LPs, dynamics appear to be wider, even if the measurements say otherwise.
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/brinkmann-audio-nyquist-da-processor-page-2#oclOGjg4G5uxeU5X.99
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So after the MQA conversion the sound is even better than the uncompressed original! How about that. Resolution out of thin air.

Or... dare I say it... placebo :D

But wait, it keeps getting better:

In many reviews, I've mentioned the Modern Jazz Quartet's European Concert (2 LPs, Atlantic 2-603). This 1960 live recording is one of my favorite MJQ albums, and Swedish engineer Gösta Wiholm nailed it. And there it was on Tidal as a 24/192 stream. For the first time, I heard this familiar recording free of the occasional vinyl blemishes, and not restricted by the glaze and two-dimensionality of "Red Book" CD resolution. The sound was clean, pure, spacious, and more transparent than any CD I can recall hearing in terms of verisimilitude of attacks, sustain, and generosity of decays. It was free of unnatural edge, grain, and other digital afflictions, and yet—I hate to sound like a broken record—the LP still sounded to me more real, especially in terms of image solidity, three-dimensionality, and harmonic structure.
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/brinkmann-audio-nyquist-da-processor-page-2#oclOGjg4G5uxeU5X.99
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So by playing an analog tape recording with an average of 30db dynamic headroom through MQA makes it even better than the original master. Wow I must get this 'technology' :D
 
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"cables are system dependent" :rolleyes:

$30,000 speaker cables :ROFLMAO:

How unfortunate he would fail any test. Good thing he got most of it for free. Easier to be delusional that way.
 
Nenu said:
This topic always causes amusing responses.

FLAC and WAV are identical in content once FLAC is unpacked.
The unpacking process is the cause of the loss in quality.
The tiniest detail in high res music is so low in voltage that system noise can blanket it.
Any electronic process operating inside the DAC casing will cause fluctuations on the power supply and EM Radiation.
These cause jitter and interference that can be heard as a difference in audio playback, with the right equipment.

FLAC is unpacked by a microprocessor located close to the DAC chip and is very likely on the same power supply.
This causes extra EM noise as FLAC is unpacked and conducted noise on the voltage rails. This interference masks some detail or induces jitter which causes numerous other problems.

My Brother and I have performed a lot of double blind testing to see what differences we can make out.
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You say a whole lot of mumbo jumbo that amounts to nothing. As an EE my brain has exploded several times over and I say this as someone who has 10s of thousands of dollars worth of audio gear in my office.

Do you "lose any quality" when you uncompress a RAR or ZIP file? Do the bits get damaged somehow? Does the same EM noise damage or add jitter to any other sources of compressed data? I'll give you a hint, they don't.

Do your magic FLAC files change in audio quality when you convert them to WAV files?
 
How to treat your cables with bright colored pebbles for better sound.
http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina17.htm

If you like that idea then you should try the whole room gravel floor method. Just get rid of your carpet and use gravel!
https://acousticengineering.wordpress.com/2013/10/13/crystal-healing-your-listening-room-sound/


Take brightly colored pebbles that cost $100 a bag and tape them to your cables.

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Voila! You're an audiophile!
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B00nie said:
The gravel floor will actually affect the sound quality, the gravel will diffuse and absorb some of the floor reflection. So it's not entirely snake oil.
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That guy was taking the pebbles that the other link was selling and trying to find a true scientific benefit for it. But like he said the gravel is going to make crunching noise if you move around on it and good luck with a chair rolling on it. ;)
 
cageymaru said:
That guy was taking the pebbles that the other link was selling and trying to find a true scientific benefit for it. But like he said the gravel is going to make crunching noise if you move around on it and good luck with a chair rolling on it. ;)
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I sell him the 1000 bucks per roll cellophane tape he uses to attach the stones so shhh be quiet!
 
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit y'all ain't audiophiles unless you have some of these:

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If you guys do teh Facebooks there's a group called Lets Make Fun Of The Audiophools, it has tons of great bullshit like this. :D
 
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