DVD-Audio (was Re: [plug] slowdown probs)

[alan howard]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 14:38, Mike Holland wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Christian wrote:
> > 192 kHz actually (in stereo) and 96 kHz in multi-channel set ups.  I
>
> you actually mean 192kHz sample rate? (not bit rate?)
>
> > bought a DVD-Audio player yesterday and it sounds *amazing*.  CDs just
> > sound completely flat now.
>
> Oh gawd. Not you too. Soon it will be gold-plated terminals and
> uni-directional Mega-monster speaker cable. 128-bit oversampling, multiple
> D->As, egg cartons on your lounge-room ceiling, ... beware the path of the
> audiophile.


i , personally would not recomend gold plated terminals ( unless in a 
corosive enviroment as nothing is gained) or mega -monster speaker cables. 
these cables are fairly reactive and can cause many amplifiers to become 
unstable and break into ultrasonic oscillation. having your speaker system 
with a impedance of say 8+ 8j ohms is not good. there are many myths 
sourounding hifi . many believe valve amplifiers are good. they are not. they 
typicaly generate large amounts of even order harmonics , which to some sound 
pleasant to the ear. they do not produce a faithfull reproduction of the 
original sound.
rgds
alan howard