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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There are so many issues with “Hi-res” audio, it’s not really surprising.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Consumers are used to hi res TV, and can clearly see the difference, especially when the image is magnified by ever larger TVs. We have no audio equivalent of this magnification effect, so it hard to tell the difference, especially in double blind tests. Hence the marketing is mostly hype based.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The higher frequency sample rates also carry with them issues with so-so designed consumer audio gear. As a safety net, I wouldn’t like to see any high frequency noise etc, possibly at full range put into some domestic gear, so HF filtering should be applied. But then you’d see this is the spectra and would somebody cry foul?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>With older masters at 44.1, can we actually make a 192K version without smirking as we sell it? The only way I can see of adding any value is to resample it via an analogue chain, in which case it’s really been re-mastered, not converted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>It would seem consumer audio is all going back to specmanship, rather than concentrating on the actual musical experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Crispin Herrod-Taylor<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black'>Managing Director, Crookwood</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:blue'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.crookwood.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>www.crookwood.com</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0)1672 811 649<br>Mobile:+44(0)7910 637 634</span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sign up for our great newsletter <a href="http://crookwood.com/newsletter/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> and keep up to date with the audio world</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> ProAudio [mailto:proaudio-bounces@bach.pgm.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Johnston via ProAudio<br><b>Sent:</b> 11 February 2020 06:29<br><b>To:</b> mark whitehouse <mark@procopy.com.au>; proaudio@bach.pgm.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ProAudio] [ProAud] The High-Resolution Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I must say that I am sorely tempted to see if I can get somebody to whip up an app that measures effective bandwidth of a PCM track at any common sampling rate.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:15 PM mark whitehouse via ProAudio <<a href="mailto:proaudio@bach.pgm.com">proaudio@bach.pgm.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Following on from our discussion of around 18 months ago,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I know in Australia there were moves to get some kind of "truth in marketing" <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>in regards to High sample rate recordings.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And promoting the differences in standards that are now available. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Essentially a standard that could be understood by and promoted to consumers, musicians etc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It doesnt seem to have gone far and when you see things like this<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/07/list-suspected-44-or-48khz-pcm.html" target="_blank">http://archimago.blogspot.com/2013/07/list-suspected-44-or-48khz-pcm.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It makes you wonder if things will improve.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is there any consensus on getting this acknowledged? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mark <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To upload files to our server, Please click the following link and follow the steps on the Hightail page. <a href="https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/ProCopy-Data" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/ProCopy-Data</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Pro-Copy - Promote Media Group <br>Unit 2 39 Enterprise Crescent <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Malaga<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>WA 6090 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>PH +61 (08) 9375 3902 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AustWide: 1300 4 PROCOPY <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>For general enquiries email - <a href="mailto:info@procopy.com.au" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>info@procopy.com.au</span></a><br><a href="http://www.procopy.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>www.procopy.com.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This transmission is confidential. This e-mail including any attachments, is for the original addressee only. Virus detection software has been used to detect the presence of any computer viruses, however, we cannot guarantee that this e-mail and any attached files are virus free.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:25 AM Mark Waldrep <<a href="mailto:mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com" target="_blank">mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>In the interest of exploring the issue of perceptibility of high-resolution vs. Redbook versions of the exact same file, I've posted on my blog page today "The High-Resolution Audio Challenge". I've prepared 6 of my AIX Records native 96 kHz/24-bit PCM masters as A and B versions. One is the original high-res master and the other is a Redbook downconversion. You are welcome to download the files and play them. Please do not share them outside of the group. I'm conducting a casual survey to see if people can detect differences. I don't claim this will be definitive. However, I've always complained that previous tests failed because the source materials weren't actual high-resolution files. This removes that flaw. These are the real deal. The conversion was done using triangular dither and noise shaping.<br><br>You can find the article at <a href="http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6197" target="_blank">http://www.realhd-audio.com/?p=6197</a><br><br>Mark Waldrep, Ph.D.<br>AIX Records and author of<br>Music and Audio: A User Guide To Better Sound<br><br><br><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span>On 6/14/18, 3:13 PM, "Stephen Morley" <<a href="mailto:proaudio-bounces@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">proaudio-bounces@bach.pgm.com</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:stephenmorley@iprimus.com.au" target="_blank">stephenmorley@iprimus.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br> I can record DXD and the downsample in Pyramix, or else at 192/24 and then downsample to 44/24<br> -------- Original message --------From: James Johnston <<a href="mailto:audioskeptic@gmail.com" target="_blank">audioskeptic@gmail.com</a>> Date: 14/6/18 8:56 pm (GMT+10:00) To: <a href="mailto:proaudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">proaudio@bach.pgm.com</a> Subject: Re: [ProAud] Wow. 384/32 LPCM! <br> Just make sure the content is identical on both.<br><br> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 2:36 AM, Stephen Morley <<br> <a href="mailto:stephenmorley@iprimus.com.au" target="_blank">stephenmorley@iprimus.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><br> > Hi James,I could send something, but not until next week when I return<br> > from leave.Stephen<br> > -------- Original message --------From: James Johnston <<br> > <a href="mailto:audioskeptic@gmail.com" target="_blank">audioskeptic@gmail.com</a>> Date: 13/6/18 8:53 am (GMT+10:00) To:<br> > <a href="mailto:proaudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">proaudio@bach.pgm.com</a> Subject: Re: [ProAud] Wow. 384/32 LPCM!<br> > I'll repeat my request:<br> ><br> > Send me some recordings at 24/192 and a similar one at 44/16. I can and<br> > will measure the actual "information" present, via SFM and bit depth.<br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > ProAudio mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:ProAudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">ProAudio@bach.pgm.com</a><br> > <a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio" target="_blank">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a><br> ><br><br><br><br> -- <br> James D. (jj) Johnston<br> Independent Audio and Electroacoustics Consultant<br> _______________________________________________<br> ProAudio mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ProAudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">ProAudio@bach.pgm.com</a><br> <a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio" target="_blank">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> ProAudio mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ProAudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">ProAudio@bach.pgm.com</a><br> <a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio" target="_blank">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ProAudio mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ProAudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">ProAudio@bach.pgm.com</a><br><a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio" target="_blank">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>ProAudio mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ProAudio@bach.pgm.com" target="_blank">ProAudio@bach.pgm.com</a><br><a href="http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio" target="_blank">http://bach.pgm.com/mailman/listinfo/proaudio</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>James D. (jj) Johnston<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Independent Audio and Electroacoustics Consultant<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>