For Those Naysayers...
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I don't find myself in agreement with Mr. Mark Waldrep's views. In fact, if he was standing in the same room with me and told me it was sunny outside, I would look for myself to make sure.
He's been spewing his BS at a couple of shows now most recently Capital AudioFest. Kind of reads like that other thread. His biggest complaint is that they didn't include the decimation. Just to show you he has his mind made up, he didn't even listen to any of the files. Just to show you how lazy and poor this article is, he could have easily called Chad and gotten the files to review. Did he do that? No, because that might have taken some effort rather than promoting his own agenda.
And he has one for sure. Read the contradictions in the Snow Ghost piece. You have to love how he spoke for everyone there too.
You also have wonder at his amazing wandering swipe at Cookie in the Sony HRA piece. Do you know any audiophile who listens to or uses an AIX recording as a reference?
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You also have to remember Mark has an agenda to sell his PCM files. It would not behoove him to tout the merits of DSD.
Really I would have never guessed. Gotta love the comments about how he and Weiss are on the same page. Yeah it's the old great men think alike but fools seldom differ.
By the way he says, "AIX Records was founded by Dr. Mark Waldrep in 2000 as one of the first (if not the first) high -definition audio label.
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Really? What about Chesky, RR, DMP, Pope, Dorian, Telarc, etc.? He seems awfully impressed with himself.
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I could tell he had an agenda, but I didn't know he was selling PCM files. That explains a few things. If you are in the business of selling and promoting PCM digital, it only makes sense that you wouldn't have kind words for DSD. I have been saying all along that the reason I like DSD is because it sounds more like analog than any other digital format I have heard. It appears that there are a fair amount of people who feel the same way because I read that analogy quite often.
I think that AIX had a big display at the Chicago Axpona show and were selling their AIX discs. I remember looking at them and I guess I didn't like they music they had because I wasn't tempted to get my wallet out and buy any of them. I did come back with some new LPs though.
I was at that show in JAcksonville since it's close to home and I would say that demonstration was 'attended" .
Well Attended = describes an event where many people are present:
Well, maybe I'll play Bad Company tonight ...
Your confused, Mark business isn't simply selling a format, more important ... he's selling a complete MUSICAL product/package.
I've met Mark, and he's a character to say the least. His "too much dynamic range" story seemed misguided ... and it's beyond obvious he doesn't really understand the true potential of turntables. That said, if his musical product is what you covet, and many do, you're paying, and receiving some of the best possible high quality digital transfers.
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You are absolutely correct, I am confused. I thought he was selling PCM recordings of mainly musicians I have never heard of with his own definition of what constitutes a "high definition" recording:
"According to my definition, a tracks that contains frequencies up to 48 kHz or even more and a dynamic range approaching 130 dB qualifies as HD. If the specs of a recordings falls short of these numbers then it would be standard definition.
As a result, CDs, analog tape and vinyl are all standard definition."
So how many of his recordings actually have captured 130dB of dynamic range? Over 120dB of dynamic range? Over a 100dB of dynamic range? It's one thing to have gear that is theoretically able to capture and playback that much dynamic range, quite another to have software that actually contains anything approaching that type of dynamic range. So by Mark's definition, if his recordings don't really approach 130dB of dynamic range, then they are "standard definition" as well.
I get it, that's why I said that I thought his dynamic range story misguided.
But that's neither here nor there considering the overall sonic package he's offering.
He's also selling his knowledge, processes, and recording experience.
Hey, you don't have to like it ...
I don't agree one bit (no digital pun intended). If you are going to stick your nose up in the air and crap on everyone who claims to put out HD music that doesn't meet your specifications for how you have defined HD music and you can't meet your own specs either, what does that say about you??
Ok boys...educate me....
At what resolution is it considered hi-rez? 44? 88? 96? etc....., and yes, I know others factors come into play.
At what resolution is it considered hi-rez? 44? 88? 96? etc....., and yes, I know others factors come into play.
And holding others up to standards/specifications that he defined and can't meet either.
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