tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post7510884865747747467..comments2024-03-28T00:31:13.472-07:00Comments on <em>Archimago's Musings</em>: MUSINGS: On SACD & DSD audio...Archimagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-57839779638594421262022-01-16T12:30:50.613-08:002022-01-16T12:30:50.613-08:00The main issue I have seen between the SACD/CD deb...The main issue I have seen between the SACD/CD debate and if it can be heard is complicated by so many DSD tracks on SACD being upscaled 44.1kHz PCM tracks. So no, you won't hear any 'difference'. But when you hear a really good DSD source, or even a 192 or 96 kHz PCM source transcoded to DSD, then yes you can hear the difference. But as you have shown, so many Pop and Rock albums areJake Purcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06570863856568223486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-16622190818983209192021-06-11T01:23:55.781-07:002021-06-11T01:23:55.781-07:00To rely on this Lipshitz's and Vanderkooy'...To rely on this Lipshitz's and Vanderkooy's old 2001 paper to objectively assess DSD compared to CD standard is very much like to rely on the Ptolemy cosmology to know about the physics of the Universe. Especially since this paper is not free of biases towards the proponents of the DVD-A at that time, as much as comparable AES Convention papers from that same time frame that were in favorScytaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547876266976589863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-30372191244338929642016-10-12T06:16:43.713-07:002016-10-12T06:16:43.713-07:00I'm a bit late to the party here, but I though...I'm a bit late to the party here, but I thought I would just add that Stanley Lipshitz and John Vanderkooy wrote a great paper about why DSD is actually inferior to CD standard PCM encoding (it's because DSD is a 1 bit system and therefore has tremendous amounts of quantization noise/error):<br />http://sjeng.org/ftp/SACD.pdf<br /><br />Also, the Michael Bublé album is mastered by Ted Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587427344826336157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-61757508688614562412016-04-08T01:53:56.452-07:002016-04-08T01:53:56.452-07:00Here's also an article about MP3 ID3 Tag edito...Here's also an article about <a href="http://www.leawo.org/tutorial/best-mp3-tag-editors.html" rel="nofollow">MP3 ID3 Tag editor</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290832159265227306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-63158007647212931612015-08-28T18:15:24.377-07:002015-08-28T18:15:24.377-07:00Great article. Although, IMHO, we cannot just put ...Great article. Although, IMHO, we cannot just put our hearing in the 20Hz-20kHz box. Humans are not computers/robots. It is much more complicated than this. And we don't hear with our ears only. The whole body is involved. <br /><br />You were looking for some scientific research/evidence. How about this study<br /><br />http://jn.physiology.org/content/83/6/3548<br /><br />Enjoy the music.<Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559965630891961170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-35400202017304917772015-02-10T22:21:59.529-08:002015-02-10T22:21:59.529-08:00I encode dff files to dst and store them this way....I encode dff files to dst and store them this way. It saves disc space and lets me convert dsd to pcm 24/192 "on the fly".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-19068207376350484872013-05-12T15:58:57.512-07:002013-05-12T15:58:57.512-07:00Thanks for the comment and suggestion to try out t...Thanks for the comment and suggestion to try out the Mahler 1. Have heard some good things about it.<br /><br />Now that I have the Teac DSD DAC, I'll have more opportunity to listen to this material in the days ahead beyond the output from my SACD player.<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-50511962466219336572013-05-12T04:08:01.903-07:002013-05-12T04:08:01.903-07:00Disagree here a little bit. Some of the best sound...Disagree here a little bit. Some of the best sounding recordings I own are DSD. Try Mahlers 1st, San Francisco Symph with Tilson Thomas. Recorded in DSD and probably the best sounding recording of an orhcestra I've heard. Similar quality from DSD recordings from Channel Classics.<br /><br />I also prefer well done DSD transcriptions from analogue. To me it just sounds more "natural"Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895051757855940430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-9819181318749240852013-04-28T15:54:18.048-07:002013-04-28T15:54:18.048-07:00Hello Atle,
Yes, there are many benefits to SSD - ...Hello Atle,<br />Yes, there are many benefits to SSD - lower power, faster transfer & seeks, silent, robust without moving parts... I would happily move to a 3TB SSD in time :-)<br /><br />BUT some audiophiles *think* they sound better. Another unsubstantiated claim which appears highly unlikely (assuming your hard drive is working properly and a recent model).<br /><br />I agree that hi-res Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-87575982931536840522013-04-28T07:26:44.576-07:002013-04-28T07:26:44.576-07:00(SSD: Playing it faster? ;) SSD has lower searchin...(SSD: Playing it faster? ;) SSD has lower searching time than HDD, and it's awesome with zero heat/noise. Please note that SSD aren't optimal as a offline backup, they must be used regularly to keep the data safe)<br /><br />I didn't buy SACD earlier because there wasn't players who was cheap enoght, and now it's cheap multiplayers who can plays everything. That's much Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215598229484216689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-71975297524712810672013-04-08T12:52:18.475-07:002013-04-08T12:52:18.475-07:00And why would these audiophiles want or "need...And why would these audiophiles want or "need" SSD for just music storage?<br />Archimagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642574001287787545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-8097803297213306022013-04-08T10:04:06.339-07:002013-04-08T10:04:06.339-07:00Large capacity spinning hard drives are indeed ver...Large capacity spinning hard drives are indeed very affordable, yet many audiophiles have/want large capacity SSD's and although the price of SSD hard drives has come down, the 500GB and up SSD hard drives are still rather expensive for many audiophiles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4781727111866727703.post-55864060012462936062013-04-07T22:08:28.727-07:002013-04-07T22:08:28.727-07:00My thoughts exactly.My thoughts exactly.solderdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00391699689539064581noreply@blogger.com