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In Reply to: Re: You, too... posted by williak on April 25, 2003 at 11:23:53:
If Rod's post is incorrect and speculative,
I wonder what you have to say about the post he responded to.
Are you sure you're getting the full picture?Best
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Eric,Should I have wished to respond to the OP, I would have. I responded directly to misinformation in "Rod's" post and stand by my statements. As for pictures, we're talking audio here in case you're "listening".
in fact I'm all ears :) Your post was interesting and informative (to me at least). But if you found nothing wrong with the "OP", I'm a bit puzzled, that's all.Since we're at it, what models on the market do you consider to be more or less "future proof" in terms of digital interface?
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Sorry, Eric. It's been one of those weeks or months or years or something. I apologize for the tone and content of my reply to you.I don't have an opinion on watermarking or whatever the OP was talking about. I was simply addressing my comments to some inaccuracies I saw in Rod's post. In a most impolite way, I should add.
As far as hirez transports, the only models I'm aware of that currently implement the full 1394 standard are the Pioneer 47Ai and the MSB Super DVD Audio Player. Both are "future proof" as the 1394 protocol truly delivers perfect bitstreams to the processor.
The problem I have with both units is their high cost, their rudimentary user interfaces and most of all, their totally unnecessary DSP and DAC sections. Remember, with a hirez digital interface, the "action" moves to the processor - the spinner becomes a slaved transport only. As you know, modern pre/pros have substantial DSP and DAC cabability that only requires a digital hirez input to really shine.
As for myself, I'm waiting for a 500 disk carousel that doesn't have a DAC, a DSP, or any outputs other than 1394 for jitterless hirez audio and maybe a computer interface to index everything. Should be about $200-$300 in 2004. The trick is going to be finding something (and paying for it) to plug it into
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I made some snappy post just yesterday, for no real reason.I have some problems with the DVD-A software of the Pioneer models, but I can see that their digital interface is interesting. I'll check the MSB player.
Mmmm.. let's see: a 500 DVD-A discs at 24/96 uncompressed LPCM would be about 1,250 hours of music... This is more than the entire hi-rez library at this point, you'll probably have to start making your own music if you want to fill it up :)
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Eric,My carousel might also have a few SACDs in it and a bunch of well-mixed CDs. Remember, the digital interface also carries jitterless 16/44. I'll be checking Best Buy for the box every week from now until...
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