Rachael says:
Mandated resampling for a delivery channel is far worse IMO. One person's flexiblity is another person's weak requirements. Packaging is improving, the latest WB, Universal and DTS titles clearly indicate content. While we disagree, at least we're doing so in a civil...
Rachael, Bad design is bad design. I'm kind of used to my SACD1000, where a push of "Sound Mode" allows me to switch between stereo and MC, on the fly at roughly the same location in the track. My point, which seems to have escaped a few, is that blaming the format for a poor player...
Phil, I use either "Group" or "Top Menu", followed by 2. There are some very poorly implemented players, such as the Marantz DV-8400 which are exceptions to the rule. With this player, the beef is equally valid with SA-CD for this player, as it is almost always necessary to have a monitor...
Lee says:
Puhlease! While I realize that you are offering this somewhat tongue in cheek, it is also quite misleading. The number of master tapes available as DSD or PCM@192K are vanishingly small. If the tape is 96K, 88.2K, 48K or 44.1K and the delivered format is at the same sampling...