I can remember the first CD I ever heard.
It was Heart “How Deep It Goes”. I never heard that range of octaves before in my life. I was amazed.
All my CDs are sampled at 128mhz. And sound Awesome on any device. Use a matchbook sized mp3 to exercise and an ipod for other stuff.
Have the ipod connected to a new digital amp playing through 2 50 y/o Advent big-wooden-cabinet speakers and it blows me away.
All my CDs are sampled at 128mhz.
Methinks you meant 128 ksamples/sec. And I agree that the sound at the rate (given good MP3 algorithms) is not bad at all. The algrorithms do appear to have some problems with very complex music...resulting in the “tizzy” highs we hear from some music.
In the early days people were saying the CD sounded amazingly superior to vinyl albums, now they tell us the vinyl actually has the better sound because analog is more natural than digital recording. The more things change the more they stay the same. Same thing with the convesion from vacuum tube amps to transistor amps, it was the greatest thing on Earth for a while but when vacuum tubes almost disappeared suddenly there was a purist type appearing who said that transistors had a “grainy” sound etc. etc. and only vacuum tubes were good enough for anyone with a golden ear. I say horsefeathers. I would love to own a Model “A” Ford in great condition but I would certainly not choose it for a coast to coast trip.
He’s definitely sound better than vinyl, but if I’m gonna just sit and listen to music (rare), it,s always vinyl. It’s the experience that I like.