Re: The Emperor's New Sample Rate

MINe109 <smcelroy2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 8, 5:17 pm, Steven Sullivan <ssu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > MINe109 <smcelr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > On Apr 7, 5:20 pm, Steven Sullivan <ssu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > awareness that 'hi rez' is a solution looking for a problem, seems
to
> > > > be growing...
> >
> > > > From the online April issue of MIX magazine
> >
> > >
>http://mixonline.com/recording/mixing/audio_emperors_new_sampling/ind...
> > > Looks like hi-rez is a handy way to find better masterings,
according
> > > to the article. Then there's the multichannel thing.
> >
> > But it's not...at least for stereo DVD-A.  I find as many 'modern' (as
in ,
> > severaly reduced dynamic range) remasterings
> > as there as I do 'audiophile' ones.
> >
> > http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1009384

> I'm, not sure what you mean. Do you mean on the forum you cite or do
> you have a large collection of 'smashed' DVD-As?

Did you read that thread?
I mean that a surprising number of DVD-As have 'smashed' stereo 
tracks ..at 'hi rez' sample rate..  Suggesting that 'hi rez' is not 
a particularly handy way to find better masterings (though chances are
you'd do better with SACD releases, due to Scarlet Book specs)

> The multichannel thing is still im****tant.

Yes, it is, but that's a totally separate feature from the pur****ted
benefits
of 'high rez' sample rates.

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