Quote Originally Posted by nebrazca78 View Post
I think that's obvious. Most people can't tell the difference, making it a niche market, which also makes it much more expensive, and higher cost is prohibitive to most people. I mean, I don't have those technologies, and I am by far the biggest audiophile within my group of friends. If the cost were more reasonable, I would have it.



True, but how about if you don't count the people who have only heard it on the radio, cassette tape or vinyl? I've heard that song a million times but I wouldn't trust myself to know it anywhere near well enough to perform a test. I've never heard the CD. I suggest that individuals listen to a CD of their own and then convert the music to MP3 and then back to WAV. Once you are familiar with how it's supposed to sound, then test yourself on a standalone CD player.

And really, if you don't have a decent setup MP3s are fine. I wouldn't say that I could even tell the difference on most DP'ers home systems (including mine).

I would wager to say that unless you've spent $1000 or more (not to say price is always consistent with quality, but as they say, you get what you pay for) on your setup, which few have, all of this is moot anyway.
$790 Jbl speakers
$400 Sub (not sure of brand)
$1000+ Onkeyo Reciever

It's a pretty good setup. Also using a panasonic 5 disc dvd-a player and using the multi channel outs for MLP. I ripped hotel california to DTS from the MLP and then compared it to the straight DTS tracks on the disc. all three sound the same except that the DTS has a slight bass gain. This is a known effect of the encoder. It's hard to notice though.

I only used myself, my brother and a friend for testing. All of whom are familar with the song.