The 3 box set of 180 RCA Living Stereo CDs were remastered and sound fantastic overall. On the level of the Mercury CDs. Also, the Heifetz/Piatagorsky set sounds amazing. Also the Friedman, Browning and Dorfmann sets are very fine listening. The Friedman/Previn Franck/Debussy CD beats the already fine Japanese CD from a decade ago. There are some very fine remasterings being done. I can wholeheartedly recommend the Decca mono box and the Recital box.
High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.
Something that came as a surprise to me is how good DAC's have gotten over the past 5-10 years.
Before then, there was a consistent, marked improvement going from Redbook (44.1/16) to 96/24 or higher.
The modern DAC, the best of them, no longer do this. The Redbook playback is so good high resolution is almost not needed. Anyone else notice this?
Before then, there was a consistent, marked improvement going from Redbook (44.1/16) to 96/24 or higher.
The modern DAC, the best of them, no longer do this. The Redbook playback is so good high resolution is almost not needed. Anyone else notice this?
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I've been reading on line concerning absolute versus inverted polarity. Let's say my CDs are mostly (92%) inverted polarity. They sound great. Why? Maybe my equipment, speakers and/or CD player make polarity inversions whose end result inverts polarity. The combination of an inverted polarity CD and an inverted end result from the audio system equals absolute polarity, where two mistakes make it right. So quoted in http://www.absolutepolarity.com/ |
"But how do you know whether your system is in correct Absolute Polarity? " |
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