which rate do people buy?

[mansr]

My general rules:

• Never buy an upconversion, PCM or DSD
• Never buy a PCM to DSD conversion
• Avoid DSD to DSD conversions unless price difference is insane
• Never pay extra for PCM above 96 kHz
• Pay no more than 15% extra for 96 kHz over 44/48 kHz

[mansr]

53 minutes ago, mansr said:

Avoid DSD to DSD conversions unless price difference is insane

Additionally, if a DSD original is too expensive, prefer a PCM conversion over a lower rate DSD. The latter will have gone through a PCM stage anyway. Buy DSD conversions only if PCM isn't available.

[mansr]

3 minutes ago, adamdea said:

I have a subscription to the B & W Society of Sound which give access to one LSO recording and one other per month at 24/96 or 16/44. After years of downloading the 24/96 I don't even bother anymore and go for the 16/44.

Since there is no price difference here, I pick the high-res version, just in case. Disk space isn't a problem.