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In Reply to: Re: I'll keep it in layman's terms as well... posted by Robert Kelly on June 29, 2001 at 16:25:14:
Hi,No, I did not compare analogue Master against CD with dCS, rather some digital high resolutionrecordings done in a studio and that against downsampled CDR Copies played back via dCS. The Gear was also not Elgar/Purcell, but the rackmount pro gear from dCS.
Comparisons of my DAC against the dCS combo of the consumer units, not sure about software revisions BTW, in either case.
Yet I have also heard other upsamplers and upsampling DAC's and they share the same negative attributes to upsampling I heard with dCS. I agree that Upsampling changes the sound and in some aspects improves it. In other aspects however the disimprovements are quite large and it is those areas that I find most objectionable. I would go as far as saying that I preferred the plain Elgar over the upsampling combo, but that's just me.
Later T
BTW, what I hear from upsampling (and oversampling) is an overly bright and unpleasant tone, very busy sounding with plenty of fake detail, but a real term reduction in how deep I can hear into the recording. The "surface" so to speak becomes very glossy and nice, the core of the music is obscured. I also note a certain sameness to the sound, especially of cymbals and brass, also harpsichord. Instruments that should sound different don't.
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