In Reply to: Chuck Ainlay , engineer for Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler , compares PCM and DSD , and he prefers ... PCM . ... posted by ZS KEKL on November 22, 2005 at 18:05:29:
...PCM recording/playback, he is more responsive to 96/24 pcm because it still contains it at a slightly, barely audible level.The "softening" that many find objectionable to in DSD is actually closer to the sound of live acoustic music, IMO.
But no matter, both systems sound excellent compared to CD, and both offer multichannel which is the really big difference.
Harry
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- It is also possible that, having got used to the "pre-echo" of..... - theaudiohiffle 07:23:33 11/23/05 (19)
- another explanation - Christine Tham 15:00:41 11/24/05 (18)
- Re: another explanation - JamesB 17:35:46 11/24/05 (17)
- you missed out on my last paragraph - Christine Tham 20:21:53 11/24/05 (13)
- the big difference - tunenut 15:45:35 11/25/05 (3)
- Re: the big difference - Christine Tham 18:41:35 11/28/05 (2)
- Tunenut is on the right track.. - Frank.. 00:08:56 11/29/05 (1)
- The question is: are *you* on the "right track"? (nt) - Christine Tham 19:37:42 11/30/05 (0)
- Re: you missed out on my last paragraph - JamesB 21:05:25 11/24/05 (8)
- Re: you missed out on my last paragraph - Christine Tham 21:52:08 11/24/05 (7)
- Not quite correct. - Frank.. 23:42:47 11/24/05 (5)
- "Tortured rationalization" (nt) - Christine Tham 18:42:54 11/28/05 (4)
- You are spreading wrong assumptions. - Frank.. 23:37:14 11/28/05 (3)
- Or perhaps ... - Christine Tham 20:38:51 11/30/05 (2)
- Nothing wrong with the application notes... - Frank.. 00:54:11 12/01/05 (1)
- Sorry, Frank, more "tortured rationalizaion" - Christine Tham 15:14:26 12/02/05 (0)
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- then all formats are flawed as they ALL have noise and artifacts that need to be filtered out. - Teresa 18:09:31 11/24/05 (1)
- Analog tape is the medium, not the format. - Goldsmith88 14:09:38 12/07/05 (0)
- Every format has flaws... - racerguy 18:08:06 11/24/05 (0)