On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:23:44 GMT, "Harry Lavo" wrote:

It shows that DSD/SACD have performance essentially equal to 192/24 pcm.

It's not above 10 KHz or so, where the effective resolution goes down the
drain because of the aggressive noise shaping used.

SACD is a very nice medium, but it's *not* superior to HR PCM in a number of
aspects.

BTW, there are no currently available DA or AD converters with more than 21
bits of effective (ie. monotonic et al.) resolution, and no studio equipment
able to capture HF sounds above 50 KHz at best with a decent SN ratio - of
course, full electronic music is another story.

So, IMO, 24/96 or DSD are more than adequate today as well as for the
foreseeable future. And, yes, I do prefer DSD as a consumer delivery medium
- as well as DSD Wide at the studio level.