REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY?


One of the things that I have noticed is the kind of music being played to show system performance.  Full disclosure I’m with Infigo Audio. But as an audiophile I think it is important to hear your music in these systems.  Which means non hi rez stuff.  Stuff you would listen to in your system at home. I try to play everything at shows to show our performance.  Some systems to me are all presentation not as much performance. I play funk rock pop classical jazz folk R&B as well as test track to show what a system can do across a genres.  I think it is important to show that a system can perform on all materials. Some systems look good in presentation and sound great on hi rez and test tracks but are not musical involving and may not actually perform well across genres. Thoughts ?

calvinj

96 and 192 material is hi rez. Or Dsd recordings as well. I’m constantly doing shows with Infigo. So the reason I asked.

Umm, anything over 16 bit 44.1 (Redbook CD) is Hirez

24 bit 44.1......... 24 bit 48khz, etc and upwards are all hirez.

In fact, many official studio masters tend to be a higher bit depth, and not as a high a sample rate. To my ears, at least, the higher bit depth (24 vs 16, 32 vs 16) has always played a much bigger role in perceivable/audible improvements than the SR, while keeping file sizes manageable.

atmos mixes, 360 reality mixes, dts mixes, auro mixes, etc are all high rez.

 

 

 

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I listen to such a variety of different music, it's hard to pick a few songs to listen to at audio shows. I never hear any of the genres I like so I gave up a long time ago---so I just walk around and see which system appeals to me. I generally don't like 90% of the songs played at the shows.