Re: Is 44.1 KHz sample-rate enough? Yes and No.

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:14:26 +1000, Mr.T wrote:

> "Edmund" <nomail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:4815dd90$0$1058$bf4948fe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > However, a SACD and a CD of the same performance can sound different
>> > due to different mastering.
>>
>> I assumed the mastering was the same.
> 
> There's your first mistake!
> 
>>Why would they use a different mastering if they already had one for the
> SACD?
> 
> To fool people like you into thinking a more expensive format actually
> sounds different.
> 
> 
>> > You may not be joking, but the listening evaluation was.
>>
>> I could not think of anything better I could do at the time.
> 
> So why waste your time on deceptive testing?

Because I am curious and like to know if I and others would 
hear any difference. I had no option to make it a perfect test.
> 
>> > Begs the question, why did all that audible noise and distortion
>> > still "sound better"?
>>
>> I don't say that the distortion sounded better, I said the overall
>> sound was better, much more detail in the guitars and alike.
> 
> A common misbelief, easily proven wrong by inserting a good 16/44 AD/DA
> into the vinyl playback chain. Make sure the gain is unity and see if
> anybody can pick when it's in or out. I have been doing that for ten
> years and nobody has reliably picked which is which.

I find that very interesting can you tell us how you exactly do that
what equipment and all?

Edmund