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RE: Super Important Question That Has Parallels Today

Charles:

You are right about the need for ongoing improvement in A/D converters!
I do think that if HDCD had caught on big, that Keith Johnson would have also created better A/D converters beyond the model 2, which is already at or close to the best presently. According to your posts, most of the HDCD advantage was in the performance of the A/D converter that was ahead of it's time. Engineers still could have used other newer converters that were non HDCD as things went forward. My point was that a rapid embrace by mastering houses for the PMD converter would have resulted in quite a few better sounding CDs over the years to the present. And I am sure that PMD would have created even better filter chips at the user end.

Oh, by the way. I appreciate your very knowledgeable posts on these topics, and the lovely design work that you are doing with Ayre equipment.

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