Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved

"You can chose CD quality or higher if you want", haven't
I just been gripping about lack of Music Selection in High
Rez. (higher?) Downloads- and I am not keeping up? High
Rez. Downloads are what's not keeping up, more or less
ready to replace all other Audio Formats! You don't have
the product to sell; never-the-less, you are going to phase
out all product from other competing Audio Formats. Train
Wreck- this sounds like your trying to run your Train
(High Rez. Computer Audio) without any track! We tried this
with SACD/DVD-Audio, and they both ended in a ditch.
I wonder why- duhhh! You are going to try it a third time
with a Minimum Music Selection again, with High Rez.
Downloads. I must be on acid to "EXPECT THE EXACT SAME
RESULT AGAIN"! "NO ONE IS REPLACING other Formats". They are just going to disappear by osmosis? You know that when
Magicians make things disappear- it is not real Magic,
right? Oh, but maybe you do believe in real Magic. You have
nothing of higher Rez. than CD to replace CD- minimum
selection at best. You want to replace all other Railroads
after you have run your Train off of the track. I prefer to be on the Railroad that not only keeps its Trains on the Track, but reliably keeps them running on time. Crazy
me, on Acid, and practicing Defensive Consumer Purchasing-
demanding to see Product (High Rez. Music Selection) that
you don't have to sell. Why not just sell Hot Air, or Helium- same damn thing! Is that what you are selling- High
Rez. Downloadable imaginary Pet Rocks. You get holier than thou when someone refuses to buy them. I don't need to
purchase imaginary anything- you have nothing to sell. Keep
working on it!

Petty,
No you haven't been gripping about the lack of hi res. You have been gripping about losing formats that are likely to be left behind when in your opinion the replacement is not ready. & gripping how great every other format sounds in comparison, & how you were ripped off by SACDs, & how Microsoft & apple are killing off music & making it irrelevant.

But I challenged these notions by saying all your formats (hi res or not)were likely to be made from these files for at least the last 10-15 years & are compatible with everything while having the same master source quality.

There is no railway just open land to cross any way you prefer. Freedom. Play any file type anywhere with no need for bulky specialist hardware like TTs.

I have repeatedly explained that Downloadable file formats are (or can be) an exact copy of the studio master. And no matter what comes along you will always be able to play these files regardless of their resolution. They are standard. Everything plays them or can convert them.

All modern studios are 24/192 compatable now. So the high resolution formats you seem to be looking for will become more & more available.

But in the meantime there are plenty of recordings to be had. But don't be fooled. The recording is what is important. Not just the resolution.

PO: You get some good shit.

Chadeffect- most of what you say is true; however, I have
been griping about lack of "Music Selection" in High Rez.
Downloads- prior to replacing any Audio Format. You have
been countering that CD Resolution Downloading is better
than CD, and that CD Ripping sounds better than CD. You
say that is improvement enough. I say the improvement is like the difference between CD and SACD, where did that get us with SACD? Minimum Music Selection with High Rez.
Downloads as well as SACD, where did that get us with SACD? Where is it supposed to get us with High Rez. Downloads? There is no plan here to get us to "Soon all
New Music will only be available as Music Downloads".
Are those Downloads supposed to be CD resolution, or High Rez.? What exactly are you planning on replacing other Audio Formats with, CD resolution downloads, or High Rez.
downloads? If it is going to be 99% CD resolution, some might think that all of the extra effort (Software,
Configuration, MetaData, Wasapi, Kernel Streaming...etc)
might not be worth replacing some Audio Formats. Some might
think that 99% High Rez. is a Bridge a few light years too far to bet the Farm (Other Audio Formats) on. Reasonable
people can reason differently. That is the reason that I
do not believe that "Soon all New Music will only be available as Music Downloads' is written in concrete. It
sounds like the unsinkable Titanic, or the unsinkable
Battleship. These are either Myths, or the best layed plans
of Mice and Men failing badly. If you think that this is
"Good S__t", you haven't seen nothin' yet! This is just
too thin to take to the Bank, more or less replace all
other Audio Formats with. Keep working on it!

Pettyofficer,
I think you need to assume that downloads will be at least the same as CD res. (if not MP3). If the vendor offers higher res for download then it will say the option 192/24 etc.

Where I live the high st music & film stores are gone due to the market moving to download etc. no myth. Gone. The record labels have already done the deals with iTunes & various online libraries. The conduit for marketing & online availability is done. Go look. It's all there. Anything you want.

Forget the hassle you are having with your pc for a moment. Meta data, ASIO etc forgotten. mac have that sorted, & Microsoft is not that far behind, but the apps to drive online libraries do it all.

Your argument is mute. iPods/iPads/smartphone/Bd & DvD players all are compatible these days. Choose bandwidth & press play or stream or download & enjoy.