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♫ Episode #6 – What Is High-Resolution Audio?

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In the latest episode of The Next Track, Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn welcome special guest Chris Connaker who runs the Computer Audiophile website to discuss high-resolution audio. What are the pros? The cons? Is high-res for you?

“Is high-resolution worth it? There really is no definitive answer to that…”

Show notes:

The Computer Audiophile website

High-resolution audio:

  • Episode #3 – Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Audio File Formats
  • Gimell Records, John Taverner – Missa Corona spinea
  • Why do CDs use a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz?
  • Hdtracks
  • JRiver Media Center
  • Fiio X7 portable audio player
  • roon
  • The Dark Art of Mastering Music – Pitchfork

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    • Doug: 2, Mudcrutch

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