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Post by kidvybes on Jul 14, 2014 21:03:00 GMT -6
Thoughts?...
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 14, 2014 22:15:35 GMT -6
Very interesting. It's sad to say, but I really don't think the common person gives a shit.
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Post by tonycamphd on Jul 14, 2014 22:59:50 GMT -6
yeah, i don't think people are smart enough to care, but what i do think is the nature of capitalistic competition will move things along, tech companies like texas instruments will constantly be trying to improve their products to stay ahead, and the prices of lesser but still great converter chips/opamps etc, will become cheaper and better in a perpetually improving motion, These companies do EOL(end of life) phase outs constantly, evolving their products, companies like apple will start using them in their computers, and headphone makers will make little changes to improve this that and the other thing. The single biggest factor(i hope), will be the ridiculously large storage capacities available now, companies and morons alike will finally catch on, and mp3's(even of the 320 type that still suck imo) will fade to history?
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 14, 2014 23:55:22 GMT -6
My hope is all in data speeds. You can stream a fully lossless file over 4GLTE with no problems. My hope is that as the speeds start to improve so will the quality of music. No matter what codec they use, it does the same thing, it truncates information. So if you use those percents they came up with and you figure that you got a deal from a label, and instead of using a studio, you're going to buy all the gear to make the record. Perhaps you spend 20k on a really nice vintage mic, well by the time it hits the consumer market you might as well of went and recorded it with a $100 mic because you can't hear all the nuances of a microphone of the caliber. I know there is more to it than that, but seriously, if people are only going to listen on computer speakers and earbuds what's the difference? The highend information is what get's hit the hardest, and most gear that cost's a ton of money, the brilliance in the hiend is alot of what you're paying for.
I don't think people really care honestly, but if they knew how lossless audio sounded on good playback systems and were asked what they'd rather have it would be interesting to hear their response. Probably something like "well if I could just take that with me on a jog". I hope they do create some type of movement they way the loudness wars guys have, they are slowly making some headway as now a lot of the content providers are making the music all one consistent level. So, who knows.
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Post by ephi82 on Jul 16, 2014 8:05:22 GMT -6
Neil Young is trying to get people to care with PONO.
Its clear that people have decided that portability and on line access are more important than quality.
PONO will be portable, and music can be downloaded to it.
Most import factors for PONO are:
1) Open format
2) Higher quality DA converters and high quality headphone amp
3) PONO music will be selected from masters that are 96khz/24bit original (no upsamples) and will describe level of compression at mastering
I expect that if you give consumers the same level of portability and higher quality sound, they will buy it.
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