Hi-Res - Does it matter? Blind Test by Mark Waldrep

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21 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

When I talked to Archimago at Axpona he mentioned the possibility that people with certain types of hearing damage may be prone to hearing high resolution files. This was only based on his very very very limited sample, but it’s kind of interesting. 

While I don't know anything about that, but  j.j. (James D. Johnston) wrote that people with certain types of hearing damage may hear differences in MP3 files, because they don't hear some of the more important frequencies.

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20 minutes ago, gmgraves said:

When Telarc was still recording, they decided to release everything after around 2000 in DSD, but Bob Woods, their engineer used the same B&K omnis that he always used.

Robert Woods was the Recording Producer. Jeck Renner (RIP) was the Recording Engineer. Jack passed away in July 2019 at the age of 84.

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30 minutes ago, Miska said:

When Telarc was still recording, they decided to release everything after around 2000 in DSD, but Bob Woods, their engineer used the same B&K omnis that he always used. While these were “calibration mics”, and had very flat response, I recall that they didn’t go very far above 20K.

Jack Renner used a distance mic technique with as few mics as practicable. At 30 to 50 foot from the musical instruments. There is a lot of high frequency loss thru 30 feet of air.

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6 hours ago, Miska said:

There are pdp-11 systems running RSX still operational today, doing critical tasks. Very few other systems have stood time as well as those ones...

Gee, I haven't seen one of those in over 3 decades. That's impressive.

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4 hours ago, audiobomber said:

I've heard hum through my system when using unshielded interconnects.

and that surprised you?

 

(at least for RCA unbalanced interconnects)

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19 hours ago, sandyk said:

 Many will nevertheless insist that provided that the unbalanced interconnects use proper coaxial cable such as RG58 or RG59 that it should make no difference with Audio, at least with typical 1 or 2 metre length cables.

They may insist, but they were just lucky.