jimfisheye
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
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Would I pay extra for an Audio Fidelity Surround SACD?
Not if they were intentionally inflating the price of an edition with the surround program vs. a stereo-only version. I'm not a fan of this. It results in albums never getting the surround mix released and/or most people never hearing the surround mix more often than not.
Maybe if everyone stopped supporting that it would stop?
Easy to get on a soapbox with that. At the same time it feels like supporting any surround release in any format might be wise to encourage things. Tough decision sometimes.
-1 for DSD (SACD format) though. I invested in nice PCM DA converters. I will not be spending a couple grand on a sideways move to DSD thank you very much. So I convert them to PCM. No complaints about the HD sound - it's perfect. Just a PITA format that never had any reason to exist is all.
More FLAC downloads please!
Not if they were intentionally inflating the price of an edition with the surround program vs. a stereo-only version. I'm not a fan of this. It results in albums never getting the surround mix released and/or most people never hearing the surround mix more often than not.
Maybe if everyone stopped supporting that it would stop?
Easy to get on a soapbox with that. At the same time it feels like supporting any surround release in any format might be wise to encourage things. Tough decision sometimes.
-1 for DSD (SACD format) though. I invested in nice PCM DA converters. I will not be spending a couple grand on a sideways move to DSD thank you very much. So I convert them to PCM. No complaints about the HD sound - it's perfect. Just a PITA format that never had any reason to exist is all.
More FLAC downloads please!