As an avid music fan and fan of this forum, I've read many of the threads and posts regarding the "uncertain purity" if you will, of hi-resolution files. Most of the graphs, DVD, DSD, SACD stuff is really way over my head. What I really want to know is whether 24 bit music that I'm paying a premium for, is really better in quality than the 16 bit files I already have? For example, one of my favorite albums of all time, Goodbye Yellow Brick Rd is now available in Hi-Res...or is it really Hi-Res?
On another forum, I was told, this new version of GYBR is really not hi-res,but compressed instead.
I guess its an issue of "buyer beware",but I'd like to think/hope that in an age of forums like this, I could rely on more than advice such as:
"Buy it, and if it doesnt sound good, get rid of it"
How can one really sort out the good from not-really Hi-Res music without trying in vain to interpret graphs with out proper training? I'd like to leave the graphs to the experts like Bruce, and simply buy and enjoy music in higher-res formats. There, I'm done with my rant. Any counsel is appreciated.
On another forum, I was told, this new version of GYBR is really not hi-res,but compressed instead.
I guess its an issue of "buyer beware",but I'd like to think/hope that in an age of forums like this, I could rely on more than advice such as:
"Buy it, and if it doesnt sound good, get rid of it"
How can one really sort out the good from not-really Hi-Res music without trying in vain to interpret graphs with out proper training? I'd like to leave the graphs to the experts like Bruce, and simply buy and enjoy music in higher-res formats. There, I'm done with my rant. Any counsel is appreciated.