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You’re welcome. Just make sure we all do the same. I don’t check the forum every 5 minutes, but I try to check a few times a day.

I would think it obvious that this discussion should be closed ;)

If one can't easily hear the excess dynamic compression on the 2004 Polydor SACD of Tumbleweed Connection I despair.

You are crazy, I don't know how else to express it. Downsampling is not "digital hocus pocus"; it is throwing away some information...

It has been about 20 years since I compared, and my system has changed dramatically since then, so I will do some comparisons again (I...

Are you kidding me? You are trying to equate downsampling from 24/192 to 24/96 with upsampling from 16/44.1 to either of those formats??

Also remember that even with a new hi-res transfer, the eventual release may sound bad due to too much compression and/or unpleasant EQ...

You may doubt, but all the evidence indicates that nearly always there is a new transfer made for a hi-res release; usually only once at...

As far as your first sentence, this has never been in doubt. The real point of contention is whether or not, and/or how often, that...

OK, can you list some of those? And FWIW, you did make the statement that you doubted that the record labels made new transfers for...

Some albums with analog masters sold as hi-res that are really only 16/44.1

Can you post a few of these jazz titles? I am happy to see if they are true hi-res and have good mastering (i.e., not over-compressed...

Just a few albums and artists where the hi-res versions are clearly superior to the CD's All the latest hi-res Pink Floyd All the...

Good CDs, bad CDs, good (re)mastering and bad (re)mastering. If your system has a great transport, and a fair streamer, you would...

The articles seem (to me) to be directed at those listeners who are somewhat less knowledgeable than most of us here, but I may be...