Digital was originally sold as the "convenient" medium, among other things. But look around at what's available in the market, and it is a FUGLY morass. Talk to a dozen guys and get a factorial of several dozen of suggestions.
Even a TAS writer got confused and had to write an apology:
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/comparing-sacd-to-a-dsd-download-a-follow-up-report/
Windows vs. Apple? River vs. Itunes vs. proprietary? SPDIF vs USB? DSD vs PCM? Upsample to how many times of DSD? Meaningless buzzword vs. Marketing Buzzword? Etc....
What sounds like MUSIC vs. a 10 digit-priced, highly resolved digital robot?
And as soon as you settle on something, things change!!! Buzzword A is so much better than Fuzzword B ....
So is Computer Audio just for bored computer nerds who like to play around with settings and rip files? Personally I want to just kick back and listen to music!
Seems like dropping the needle in the groove or popping a cd into the transport is much more convenient and musically satisfying. Is this really about the music or letting our bored, inner nerd play around?
How do you separate the engineers who deliver analytic sound from the "Golden Ears"? How do you know the engineer is correct? How do you know the "Golden Ear" is not selling you something?
Who do you trust with understanding the options so you can make the right choice? Or do you just not bother at all, like me?
Even a TAS writer got confused and had to write an apology:
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/comparing-sacd-to-a-dsd-download-a-follow-up-report/
Windows vs. Apple? River vs. Itunes vs. proprietary? SPDIF vs USB? DSD vs PCM? Upsample to how many times of DSD? Meaningless buzzword vs. Marketing Buzzword? Etc....
What sounds like MUSIC vs. a 10 digit-priced, highly resolved digital robot?
And as soon as you settle on something, things change!!! Buzzword A is so much better than Fuzzword B ....
So is Computer Audio just for bored computer nerds who like to play around with settings and rip files? Personally I want to just kick back and listen to music!
Seems like dropping the needle in the groove or popping a cd into the transport is much more convenient and musically satisfying. Is this really about the music or letting our bored, inner nerd play around?
How do you separate the engineers who deliver analytic sound from the "Golden Ears"? How do you know the engineer is correct? How do you know the "Golden Ear" is not selling you something?
Who do you trust with understanding the options so you can make the right choice? Or do you just not bother at all, like me?