"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:22:21 GMT, wrote:

Perhaps the most straight forward reason why SACD is a bad idea is that it
is perhaps not needed at all. Blind listening tests tell the average
consumer has a fair bit of difficulty telling 24 bits at 96kHz from
properly
implemented 16 bits at 44.1kHz. Considering the numerical differences
between these formats the question of whether we really need accuracy
beyond
the level of CDs becomes quite acute.

Except that your dude, jj says this in the very thread that you noted:

"Is 16/44 enough? Not clear, and maybe not".


Which is precisely why I also noted that the thread was from 2004, and that
maybe there was new better info.

It is certain that it is not enough if you want to do any noise shaping or
any sort of tweaking, for that you need a higher rate as has been noted
elsewhere, but it is not by any means certain or even likely that 16/44 is
insufficient for transparent playback of CD's at home.