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dcbaalthough 26€ for the 24bit Yaya is a bit too much (imo).
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dcba
And I was naively thinking the psychological limit for this one would be 20€...
Silly me!
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Koen
Is this legal?
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Is this legal?
What is legal ? The astronomical price of GYYYO HD download ?
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kowalski
I thought it could be a good idea to open a new thread about the recent Stones HD downloads made available in Europe to keep on track as it seems there are new ones poping up every day...
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I thought it could be a good idea to open a new thread about the recent Stones HD downloads made available in Europe to keep on track as it seems there are new ones poping up every day...
I get it that people want new Stones music, but no reason to keep spending on music you already own for the 15th time.
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Blueranger
You won't get better or more detailed sound for the sixties releases.
Both the UK and US discs are available + several oddities and live releases.
Great stuff.
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Is this legal?
What is legal ? The astronomical price of GYYYO HD download ?
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Koen
Is this legal?
What is legal ? The astronomical price of GYYYO HD download ?
I guess I meant are these official releases?
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liddas
Got to admit that these HD files do intrigue me, but I am not too sure that the technology is sufficiently mature to justify the investment necessary to upgrade my system.
As I see it, while "storage" is no longer an issue, the whole DAC phase seems a mess: complicated streaming networks, fancy (and very expensive) DACs that evolve every month, etc.
Remember SACDs?
They were so sexy and promising when they arrived on the market, and what's left now?
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MileHigh
That's really interesting that you can get an external USB 24-bit DAC. I suppose that you can upgrade your sound card to a 24-bit DAC?
The other thing, I have a 5-year-old Yamaha 7.1 surround amplifier. I wonder how many bits the internal DACs are. Sometimes they bury stuff like that and it's very hard to find out.
I am willing to bet a lot of people are purchasing HD audio files but they don't realize that their motherboard or sound card has 16-bit DACs.
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MileHigh
That's really interesting that you can get an external USB 24-bit DAC. I suppose that you can upgrade your sound card to a 24-bit DAC?
The other thing, I have a 5-year-old Yamaha 7.1 surround amplifier. I wonder how many bits the internal DACs are. Sometimes they bury stuff like that and it's very hard to find out.
I am willing to bet a lot of people are purchasing HD audio files but they don't realize that their motherboard or sound card has 16-bit DACs.
External USB DAC is the easiest way to play hi-res files from a personal computer.
If you use the correct software your music is sent directly to the DAC, bypassing computer's sound card.
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That's really interesting that you can get an external USB 24-bit DAC. I suppose that you can upgrade your sound card to a 24-bit DAC?
The other thing, I have a 5-year-old Yamaha 7.1 surround amplifier. I wonder how many bits the internal DACs are. Sometimes they bury stuff like that and it's very hard to find out.
I am willing to bet a lot of people are purchasing HD audio files but they don't realize that their motherboard or sound card has 16-bit DACs.
External USB DAC is the easiest way to play hi-res files from a personal computer.
If you use the correct software your music is sent directly to the DAC, bypassing computer's sound card.
I guess in theory having it external also means that any time you upgrade your computer you still have the USB DAC you can plug in and not have to 'rebuy' that piece of the equipment...as long as the drivers work with whatever new operating system you get!
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liddas
Got to admit that these HD files do intrigue me, but I am not too sure that the technology is sufficiently mature to justify the investment necessary to upgrade my system.
As I see it, while "storage" is no longer an issue, the whole DAC phase seems a mess: complicated streaming networks, fancy (and very expensive) DACs that evolve every month, etc.
Remember SACDs?
They were so sexy and promising when they arrived on the market, and what's left now?
C
There are very good inexpensive DAC's. If you're new to Hi-fi computer world I would recommend to start with a USB DAC (really easy to use - just plug it and play your music). For example, Fiio DAC's are very good for their prices, but there are many other interesting choices like Cambridge DACMagic, Audioquest Dragonfly, Encore MDAC, iFi Nano, M2TECH HiFace...
Also be sure to use a player that can handle "bit perfect" streaming (Foobar, Audirvana, JRiver, JPlay...).
By the way SACD's are still around...
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liddas
[...] but do these USB DACs actually sound any good?
Meaning normal PC > USB DAC > cable > amp of a good traditional system, as opposed to a good traditional CD player feeding the same system (in my case a mix of naim and linn components, nothing stellar, but all in all good and rewarding)
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liddas
Got to admit that these HD files do intrigue me, but I am not too sure that the technology is sufficiently mature to justify the investment necessary to upgrade my system.
As I see it, while "storage" is no longer an issue, the whole DAC phase seems a mess: complicated streaming networks, fancy (and very expensive) DACs that evolve every month, etc.
Remember SACDs?
They were so sexy and promising when they arrived on the market, and what's left now?
C
There are very good inexpensive DAC's. If you're new to Hi-fi computer world I would recommend to start with a USB DAC (really easy to use - just plug it and play your music). For example, Fiio DAC's are very good for their prices, but there are many other interesting choices like Cambridge DACMagic, Audioquest Dragonfly, Encore MDAC, iFi Nano, M2TECH HiFace...
Also be sure to use a player that can handle "bit perfect" streaming (Foobar, Audirvana, JRiver, JPlay...).
By the way SACD's are still around...
Thank you Kowalski,
but do these USB DACs actually sound any good?
Meaning normal PC > USB DAC > cable > amp of a good traditional system, as opposed to a good traditional CD player feeding the same system (in my case a mix of naim and linn components, nothing stellar, but all in all good and rewarding)
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