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?
erik_squires
Most likely the effect is system dependent. So your results are not surprising, glubson.
"So your results are not surprising, glubson."
It seems that erik_squires and you agree on this one.
Not fair. This is the first time someone has a chance to agree with geoffkait and you want to ruin it. This may be a historic moment.
When I used the EAR 324, it had a reverse polarity button that did improve LPs that were clearly reversed.  Stillness, second pressing by Brasil 66 greatly improved with the button pressed in.  First pressing was correct and fuller sounding even after second pressing correction.