Many roads lead to Rome

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on November 26, 2024 at 01:46:03

In Reply to: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? posted by John Elison on November 25, 2024 at 20:14:33:

I'm a 98% classical listener here, and, certainly, I've been a fan of hi-rez listening, mainly in the form of downloads from various sites (Native DSD, 2L, etc.). I use a Mac Mini for this purpose, with a back level version of HQ Player to play everything up to and including DXD and DSD256, mostly in 5.0 or 5.1, feeding into an exaSound DAC. I have hundreds of these downloads, and I truly enjoy them all very much.

In the past year and a half however, I've been drawn much more to streaming Dolby Atmos files on Apple Music - my system is 5.1.4. Yes, it's true: these streams are LOSSY! But as Jim Austin said in the May 2023 issue of Stereophile (in a footnote to one of Kal's reviews):

The BPO's Digital Concert Hall provides Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 at 1024 kb/sec via Dolby Digital Plus, the same technology used by Apple Music. . . It's lossy to be sure, but to look at it another way, the 7.1.4 BPO feed contains about 30% more information than a two-channel CD rez FLAC stream does. What's more, that extra information is far more sonically meaningful than some extra samples in a two-channel feed.

Or as I like to say, sure, I'm missing some bits on a Dolby Atmos stream on Apple Music. But, OTOH, people who do not listen to Dolby Atmos are missing part of the actual sound field itself.

(BTW, there are lossless Dolby Atmos files on bluray. I have some of these too, but the selection is tiny compared to the wealth of titles available on Apple Music.)

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Topic - Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - John Elison 20:14:33 11/25/24 (19)

Here's one way to enjoy - Freo-1 16:42:38 05/07/25 (0)

RE:I decided some years ago............................. - Kal Rubinson 08:07:08 11/28/24 (7)

RE:I decided some years ago............................. - John Elison 12:07:22 12/11/24 (1)

RE:I decided some years ago............................. - AbeCollins 18:47:59 12/12/24 (0)

Ditto that. I've been using a dedicated Window computer for years - Feanor 10:49:53 12/10/24 (1)

Hopefully not like this broken Window computer ;-) - AbeCollins 15:10:15 12/10/24 (0)

RE:I decided some years ago............................. - John Elison 15:15:55 11/28/24 (2)

Well, at least, you tried. - Kal Rubinson 07:06:21 11/29/24 (1)

RE: Well, at least, you tried. - John Elison 18:04:28 11/29/24 (0)

RE: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - G Squared 07:10:16 11/28/24 (4)

RE: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - John Elison 15:25:45 11/28/24 (3)

RE: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - G Squared 11:25:52 12/06/24 (2)

RE: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - John Elison 12:03:14 12/07/24 (1)

RE: Do any of you enjoy Hi-Rez Digital??? - G Squared 11:42:35 12/15/24 (0)

I think you must work for them! - oldmkvi 10:19:39 11/26/24 (3)

You must think I work for Roon ;-) - AbeCollins 19:03:18 11/29/24 (1)

RE: You must think I work for Roon ;-) - dbphd 10:11:50 12/02/24 (0)

RE: I think you must work for them! - John Elison 13:05:05 11/27/24 (0)

Many roads lead to Rome - Chris from Lafayette 01:46:03 11/26/24 (0)

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