Listening to S/T MoFi now. Rob has done it again. Like hearing the album for the first time. Just soars. Can’t wait for the others.
SACD. I realize the thread title is One Step but this was the first thread that came up when I did a search on these MoFis.
It'd be helpful if you listed the components in your system in your profile. I was curious as to which SACD player you have but nothing is listed.
Ordered the self titled album…I only have the Simon and Garfunkel One Step (keep missing out on the others…and when is Tapestry shipping??) but this is one of my favorites so I couldn’t turn it down. This might be the only Eagles title I get in this format.
Once processed through a DAC, it is a 1:1 perfect representation in the audible range. This video is what made me see the light. The host is awesome and the entire video is interesting.
Not opinion, it is fact based on the Nyquist-Shannon theorem. This video made me see the light. You would think that a digital recording with higher sampling rate and bitrate than CD spec would result in a more accurate representation of the analog wave in the audible spectrum, but that isn’t how it works. You could make the argument that higher bitrate would improve quality, but the dynamic range provided by 16 bit audio is already higher than analog tape. CD quality is absolutely perfect in the audible spectrum. There is zero debate. It’s like arguing against 2+2=4. If you can hear higher than 22.05 kHz, have a source greater than 96 dB (which is like hearing a mosquito next to a jet engine) then yes, SACD has higher quality and you will hear a difference. Digital audio is freaking cool.
A theorem - by definition - is not fact. It’s a proposed explanation - an opinion, if you will - for certain factual observations. Whether the explanation accurately and completely applies to how digital is converted to analog audio and what we hear from digital audio in practice is up for debate.
OPPO SACD player. My receiver is from 1996. I live in an apartment so I can’t blast music otherwise I’d upgrade to a pre-amp. But SACDs sound great with this modest set up.
You're referring to a theory, not a theorem. It does have a mathematical proof that has been verified. Here's another video. Here's the proof. There is no debate. You can't argue with math and physics. A 20,000 Hz soundwave will sound exactly the same whether it was sampled at 44.1 kHz or 192 kHz. You can't have better than perfect. More discussion on this should probably be on its own thread or on a math/physics forum.
This is a very unpopular set of facts on this forum. Some people even claim to hear a real difference between a regular CD at 16/44.1 and an SHM CD at 16/44.1 with identical digital masterings.
If anything, the tone that DSD applies to the sound wave and noise shaping is probably what people prefer over red book PCM. Hence the preference for SACD or PCM. As far as I know the nyquist theorem does not apply to DSD but I never looked into it. I do know that DSD converts the sound wave using a different principle than PCM. Anyway back on topic! Was there ever a release timeline for the Eagles OneSteps?
From what I’ve read here and in the KOB UHQR thread, vacuum cleaning the vinyl imparts MUCH more static and attracts more dust than simply playing it without cleaning. So be aware of that. I never cleaned my Paul Simon one step and it played silent. Not as silent as I had hoped; some of the $30 tone poets from RTI are actually quieter. So temper your expectations. But mastering should be impeccable.
Anyway back on topic! Was there ever a release timeline for the Eagles OneSteps? I'm curious about when the next ones are going to be released as well....any one know?
Just because the mathematics of the theorem have a proof, the question at hand is arguably quite a bit more complicated than the theorem itself can answer - or was intended to address. There’s an old adage that if the measurements don’t match what you’re hearing, you’re measuring the wrong things. Conversely, there’s also confirmation bias...
