Another great blog post by Mark Waldrep, an expert on HD-Audio in the studio, where it actually matters.
http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6664
“Let’s push for lossless CD quality streams and better sounding masters. Forget about MQA and any company — hardware or software — that tells you to get behind “hi-res” audio or music.”
Sums it up nicely.
Another great blog post by Mark Waldrep, an expert on HD-Audio in the studio, where it actually matters.
http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6664
I went to a concert today ((Tchaikovsky 5th) and it was almost ruined for me as I had to sit in row J instead of my preferred row M.
if high-res made no difference, then hearing music live and through a CD would be the same. Because you are comparing the original analog source with a recording of the same.
if high-res made no difference, how come all the samples from voice to instruments of sound libraries like east west audio came in 24 bit vs. 16 bit which supposedly is all we need?
the comparison I made of playing back CD quality vs. high-res of my mix was not on Sonos. It was on a regular wired system. I can sure make out the difference. So do all the sound engineers at the studio as well. We hear what we hear. Theory and books are not going to change our experience.
Nyquist-Shannon has its place - but you have to consider that there are a lot more factors in play when music is played back which contribute to the overall experience - all of which can increase or decrease your musical experience. So, we can’t just quote theorems and generalize it for everyone in every context using a wide variety of equipment.
Martin is a producer. His experience with digital sampling theory and the math behind it is probably slim to none. His position in the realm of “experts” can be likened to the difference between an expert Photoshop user, and the guy who programs the Photoshop application. You do not need to be an expert on low level image processing to be the former, you most certainly have to be for the latter.
The same can be said for a guy like Martin vs a guy like Monty at Xiph. Some of the most absurd, incorrect “facts” I’ve ever heard about digital audio have come from producers and artists. Just ask Neil Young, he lost his shirt touting the advantages of Hi-res. Great artist, one of my favorites, but the extent of his actual knowledge about digital sampling couldn’t fill a thimble.