Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved

"Blue Ray Audio is looking better by the minute". Oh yes Petty, you're right. GREAT selection on Blu Ray, clearly it is the format that is going to save this music vacuum you keep harping on. You win. Good luck with YOUR format.

Here's a little hint for you. Blu Ray, DVDa, SACD, CD...these aren't really any different from computer audio. Computers basically make them all the same format, they are all in the process of converging. But I'm sure you don't care because that doesn't fit with your ridiculous agenda.

After almost 1-1/2 years and 8 pages of posts, you still have not answered my question, so here it is yet again:

OTHER THAN COMPLAINING, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS? (even though I'm shouting this time, I'm still expecting no response, because the response is "nothing"...you are a farce).

They are YOUR concerns, not ours. Not sure why you keep on complaining to us.

06-28-13: Danoroo
"@ Noble100....you mentioned in an earlier post that you were looking for a DAC. I recently bought a new Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 100 on ebay for $315. It has 3 different types of digital inputs and sounds pretty good. It's not the last word in digital to analog conversion, but it isn't bad for the money."
Danoroo (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

Danoroo,

After reading Pettyofficer's consistent reminders about the lack of downloadable music, I've decided to give up on this passing fad of computer audio and dacs. What good are all these old fashioned and ancient hardware devices going to be when there's never going to be much downloadable music software to use with them? I am so glad that Pettyofficer convinced me, and probably most others who have followed this thread for the past year, in the futility of buying into this new fangled computer audio balogne. I think I'm going to wait until music can be bought as large plastic cartridges that contains an album's worth of music stored on magnetic tape. I bet, with the current sophisticated level of technology and given a few major scientific breakthroughs, some genius could even invent a method that would switch tracks with the push of a button. I know I'm dreaming now, but could it be possible to have 8-tracks?

On the other hand, maybe this computer audio with downloadable music files really does have a bright future. I guess there are always dissenters and naysayers with the introduction of any new technology. Some people just don't adapt well to change. I'm sure we all remember from history classes how the other cavemen laughed at that egg-headed caveman, with the nerdy glasses, when he suggested replacing those square wheels with round ones.

Anyway, thanks Donoroo for the heads up on the Cambridge dac. I'll check it out if I can. I'm also looking at a few more expensive dacs: the Centrance models and the new Wadia dac (that had a good review in the latest Stereophile).

Pettyofficer,

To be fair, you have a good point about the viability of computer audio if the supply of music downloads is limited. Hopefully, this will be rectified in the near future. I would think that the supply of downloadable music titles would increase going forward due to economics. Creating a digital master, and distributing it on demand to customers via the internet, has to be more economical and profitable than replicating thousands or even millions of cds, storing them, distributing them in the much less economical and less profitable traditional method and then hoping their sales at least roughly match their production numbers.

Hope you don't give up on the future just yet,

Tim

If this thread goes into syndication, do we get royalties? If so, it'd be a nice supplement to my retirement.

All the best,
Nonoise

Nonoise,

Having recntly retired myself, I like your idea of syndication and royalties.

Unfortunately, I think we may need to be the ones paying readers to slog through this exceedingly long and redundant thread.

I'm going to switch my efforts to how to best connect my pc, with JRiver media center now added, via a usb dac to my preamp. It'd be nice if a wireless solution would give me the fidelity I strive for.

Have fun,
Tim

Hfisher3380- refer to my previous response. Do you see how I did that? I am not satisfied with the severe limited selection of Music Downloads to make it the ONLY Format left available- "Soon All New Music Will Only Be Available As Music Downloads". If it doesn't provide what I need, I go somewhere else. If enough people do the same then maybe there will be a response to actually INCREASE the Music Selection in Music Downloads. Increased Selection might actually be the very thing that puts Computer Audio over the top....oh, say "Blue-Ray Audio"? The LACK of Music Selection might very well do the opposite, and put Blue-Ray
Audio over the top. The best way to insure that this happens is to further continue setting the bar low for Music Download Music Selection. You are severely hurting Computer Audio's chances by handicapping it with a severely
limited selection in Downloading. It becomes painfully obvious when comparing other options to Music Downloads.
Oh, look there! My favorite Artists are available on Blue-Ray Audio. Damn shame about Music Downloads dragging their feet in selection, still can't find my favorite Artists. Remind me again how long Music Downloads have been available? How many years? Someone had better get motivated,
or end up being left in the dust. Do nothing, and seal Computer Audio Downloading's fate. You will be waiting a long...long...long...long...Evolutionary Long time for "Soon All New Music Will Only Be Available As Music Downloads". I am old already, I can't wait that long. Choose to be Computer Audio Downloading's B-I-_-_-H, and you can only drag it down with you. Of course I don't want to see it dragged down by your apathy, Microsoft's, or anyone else's. Maybe the only thing that Downloading Music Selection really needs to succeed is " Just A Little Push ".
You are only pulling like your life depended on it- NOT THE SAME THING! Remain stagnate, and the next stop can only be down. Problem is you end up dragging the rest of us down with you. You want to steer this thing, we would appreciate it if you wouldn't steer us into a ditch! Apathy never accomplished anything, more or less a successful Audio Format Turnover. You expect a 100% success by doing what?
What is your point in this ridiculous expectation?