Fitzcaraldo215
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I will go out on a limb here with a totally unscientific hypothethsis based entirely on anecdotal listening sessions with a good friend who is a known recording critic. To me, and to him, the mostly classical, non-volume-war CDs we listen to seem to have noticeably gotten somewhat better sonically on average over the past decade or more than in previous generations. We both think it is now harder to find SQ differences on them from native hirez recordings. We both believe this may be partly, if not largely, the result of increased use of hirez in the recording chain prior to downrezzing to RBCD for release.
However, we both still prefer hirez file playback over equivalent RBCD file or disc playback. We both think we still hear small but noticeable differences. However, the gap seems to be narrowing. His system, incidentally, maxes out at 96k due to DSP EQ.
We are not particularly interested in testing this or fleshing this out further beyond these casual impressions, since our true love and strong listening preference is for discrete hirez Mch. Now there is a difference that is considerably beyond just subtleties, in our opinion.
However, we both still prefer hirez file playback over equivalent RBCD file or disc playback. We both think we still hear small but noticeable differences. However, the gap seems to be narrowing. His system, incidentally, maxes out at 96k due to DSP EQ.
We are not particularly interested in testing this or fleshing this out further beyond these casual impressions, since our true love and strong listening preference is for discrete hirez Mch. Now there is a difference that is considerably beyond just subtleties, in our opinion.