Thanks... very useful information.
Tell me again how you "know" what I'm hearing... or how the same audio source sounds better in a Big Horn than in a Limited?
Please go waste someone else's time.
Easy there dude.
I don't think that Sherman's comments were necessarily directed at you, persay.
I can appreciate that you obviously have a portion or portions of your sound system that are deficient, if another 2024 sounds noticeably better.
That fault is not in question but a few other items always show up with these threads.
I think Sherman's poke was more directed at those who don't truly understand the principles of audio data compression, encryption, transmission, and reception.
We live in a world where businesses will sell whatever garbage that they can get away with.
If they can compress and encode 25 channels instead of 10 into the same bandwidth and maintain a sufficient amount of customers, they will do it.
And next month, a smart suit will say, if we can accommodate 25 channels into that bandwidth, lets try 30 channels and reduce our uplink costs.
Before CDs arrived, we had LPs and anyone who remembers, is awake, and can recognize the sounds of audio fidelity, will realize that 95% of CDs sound like total crap compared to an LP.
They sound like crap because the audio signal is overcompressed or the compression algorithm used does not allow for proper recovery of the original signal.
I still have a Thorens turntable from the early 80s and out of 100s of CDs that I own, few can come close to most LPs.
I'm writing this essay to share the concept of digital compression/encoding and recovery.
XFM doesn't care about fidelity, they're a business looking to absorb as many of our $ at the least amount of operational costs.
End rant...
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