MoFi controversy

Speaker wizard Andrew Jones left ELAC and went to Mobile Fidelity.  His new work for them is supposed to come out later this year. Do you think the interest in his speakers among audiophiles (at whatever price point they come in at) will be compromised any by this controversy?

@bukanona that depends. Not all studios are using DSD for recording because editing it later on is a pain in the ass, and many engineers have not yet been trained on how to best use it or the necessary tools. I would think most studios are going to keep using whatever "digital" recording tech they use because they want to get as much bang for their investment as possible and they don't want to have to send their engineers back to school or get them training.  

But hopefully one day they all will. DSD256 and higher will be worth it - at least assuming there are people around who care about quality in the future. 

For now, I've heard 24-bit/192KHz is used by many, others might have higher PCM resolutions. 

@moonwatcher, what engineers do you know who believe that PCM does not even come close and that DSD256 and better is perfect?  You have been listening to Paul's spiel at PS Audio a bit too much. I don't think he is an engineer in any sense of the word. 24/96 is the vast majority of what is done digital today during recording. Why? 24/192 only creates more data but does not sound any better. Even if someone was to record in DSD, practically no one mixes or masters in DSD. They convert to PCM, work in PCM, and then convert back to DSD. Even Sony's DSD editing system isn't pure single bit DSD at high data rate. It is converted to 8 bits. With PCM, all the tools are, or have moved to 64 bit processing internally.  If it makes you feel any better, all those 24 bit ADCs are sigma-delta converters so essentially start as DSD, then just convert down to PCM.

Audiophile companies make stuff that audiophiles will buy. That does not mean it is better or best. Somehow DSD got a reputation within the community, not because it sounds better, but probably because the recordings were better. If you are working purely in DSD, out of necessity, you are probably doing less tinkering. Philes still like physical media too. Not many have SACD players any more, but even fewer philes have something that can play a physical high resolution digital disc on their audio system that is not SACD.

This may help people understand how an LP is made.

Much to do about nothing.