Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Stereo CD SoundOff 2009

I was surprised to read that in the process of producing the master for XRCD24 it is played back through a 24-bit DAC and then captured by a 16-bit ADC.

The math for decimation from 24 to 16 bit is pretty well known. Even noise shaped jitter can easily be applied to make it sound "warm" or "detailed" or what ever--I'd just shape the noise out of the audible range. Seems strange to introduce a D to A to D conversion into the process.

But yeah, other than that, no surprises. Where are our Profile 3.0 Blu-ray audio discs? That's were things should be going. I'll buy Vespertine for the 5th time!