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High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.

Something that came as a surprise to me is how good DAC's have gotten over the past 5-10 years.

Before then, there was a consistent, marked improvement going from Redbook (44.1/16) to 96/24 or higher.

The modern DAC, the best of them, no longer do this. The Redbook playback is so good high resolution is almost not needed. Anyone else notice this?
erik_squires
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geoffkait
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That’s exactly what I’ve been saying in almost every single Polarity post the past few years. Hel-loo! But how do you know whether your system is in correct Absolute Polarity? Even if it’s 50/50 there’s no use crying about it, no matter what Absolute Polarity your system is in.
jetter
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"But how do you know whether your system is in correct Absolute Polarity? "

I've have also been reading material concerning absolute versus inverted polarity.  According to the author, polarity is most easily determined by utilizing either a "Polarometer"  or "Polar e Detect" developed by ronco and sold exclusively on TV and at better department stores.

Alternatively,  one may look at your system through a mirror, if the image is reversed, your system is in correct absolute polarity, ahhh, or maybe its the opposite way around, have to look that up again?   Naturally, if you are one of our friends located south of the equator, the opposite of the north positive for inverted polarity will indicate southern correct absolute polarity.

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Jitter, behave! No more premature jocularity.
erik_squires OP
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So, this brings us full circle. Who really can tell a difference in their system's polarity?

How much money would you pay for a switch to invert?

For me, that is $0.


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Really. Who can hear anything? 
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