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In the Thread: It is all about hard surface.

Post Subject: Higher and higherPosted by steverino on: 6/16/2011

Romy,

As you have noted elsewhere, SACD was originally a multibit high sample rate format. I believe Sony went to one bit for "security" reasons to prevent copying. I didn't think the one bit idea originated with Meitner but came from Sony execs. I think it's hard to rule out digital encoding until someone combines 4-10MHz sampling rates with 4 bit or more encoding. I agree that any of the current formats are not as good in musical terms as the LP. I've heard them in the recording studio and they still sound digital. If the ultra high sampling multibit doesn't sound better than analog I think we will have to wait for the development of very sophisticated audio wave form processing software which can take a digital encoding and reconstruct how it should sound. That will take some artificial intelligence likely since the contextual factors would be staggeringly complex. In the meantime let's be glad that some very fine lps were made and we have the gear to play them adequately.

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