Interesting interview with Daniel Weiss on bits and sampling rate

[BentonF]

A very interseting video interview of Daniel Weiss on his work in which he touches on the usefulness or not of higher bit rates and sampling rates. Shame the gear he so lovingly makes is Swiss priced.

http://www.weiss.ch/media

 

[amirm]

Thanks. Watching it now. Found the youtube version too:

 

[amirm]

Very nice watch. Quite informal and transparent.

The reference he makes to Bob Stuart on desired sampling rate is this superbly done JAES paper: http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=7140
Coding Methods for High Resolution Recording Systems
J. Robert Stuart
Meridian Audio Ltd.
Stukeley Meadows, Huntingdon PE18 6ED, UK

There used to be a copy of it online from Meridian but I don't see it in a quick search.

 

[BentonF]

http://ukiro.com/2011/05/12/interview-daniel-weiss/

“If you had a room and a system and choice of music that you have full control over, do you think you could tell a €200 CD player from a €15000 transport feeding one of your DAC’s?
I wouldn’t expect to hear a difference actually.
Because of the jitter suppression?
Yes, provided of course that the data is read correctly.

But who would ever need a Jason transport then?
(Laughs) …those who want to have the same design as the Medea, for instance. Or for using the upsampling feature or the volume control.”

He is here talking himself out of sales. How refreshingly honest and noble in a world of audiophool manufacturer sponsored magazine reviews.

 

[amirm]

He is definitely brutally honest there. I will give them more attention at the next audio show.