In Reply to: here's a link to a Monty video posted by Jaundiced Ear on February 16, 2015 at 23:47:27:
Monty has an argumentative tone. He makes misleading statements. This is apparent from the very beginning of the video. For example, the use of analog scopes to show waveforms is a strawman argument to debunk the "stair step" argument which is not the real issue with low res digital. And it is a bogus strawman argument, because equipment used will not show remaining distortions that can be obviously audible.
I recall that there were many other problems with the video when I watched it some time ago, but I couldn't stand to watch any more today than just the very beginning, just enough to identify the video. The problem is that the video is attempting to explain a complex engineering system in simplistic terms that technicians or non-technical people might possibly follow. Unfortunately, the devil is in the details at a deeper level.
If you want to know the truth of low-res digital vs hi-res audio there are two ways that I can think of to deal with this issue according to one's type. Either one will do.
S - Get good recordings, decent equipment and do comparison tests.
O - Take masters level engineering courses on "signals and systems", "digital signal processing" or equivalent, something that requires several years of college level math as a prerequisite.
Tony Lauck
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