Thread: How do I play hi-res downloads?

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Post by Iain September 3, 2014 (41 of 42)
AmonRa said:

... Actually this up sampling has been routinely done even by every cheap CD players for decades already (but some companies charge $20000 for a separate up sampling unit…).

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With varying degrees of performance, obviously.

You get what you pay for!

Post by AmonRa September 3, 2014 (42 of 42)
Iain said:

With varying degrees of performance, obviously.

You get what you pay for!

Or not, actually.

Upsampling/downsampling is such a simple mathematical process that nowadays free or cheap PC/Mac software does it best. What makes you think that a separate $20000 box would do it better than a dedicated processor included in the DAC chip? Which basically costs also nothing.

Answer: because it looks good and costs an arm and a leg and has a famous logo.

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