What is your favorite audio format?
Hi everyone!
Please, could you vote for your favorite format for music?
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:) Thanks.
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Originally Posted by N. Abstentia
Yeah how dare me :)
It's impossible to nail down one format as the best. BUT if ALL recordings were available on ALL formats I would choose SACD..IF they could easily be copied, ripped, played in a car (in 5.1), and played on an MP3 player. Maybe that will happen someday...
Of course, it's effectively impossible to copy the DSD content, but with hybrid discs, which are the vast majority, you still copy the CD layer. This is adequate for the typical car system, MP3 players, etc.. In my case I rip the CD layer to Apple Lossless to play via iTunes and my USB DAC; I more often listen to that than the DSD layers.
In fact, I tend only buy SACDs for large-scale orchestral and vocal works, and only where the recording was originally made with multi-channel release in mind. Still, overall they are my favorite medium where these criterion are met.