Another thing I’ve been thinking about is the fact that I primarily just use Tidal. I don’t use HQPlayer or DSD or any hi-res formats - almost everything I listen to is 16/44.1. Am I doing it wrong? Are there benefits to be had by getting into the more complex side of things, or am I fine just running Tidal in exclusive mode and running my DAC in NOS mode?
The massive majority of music is in 16/44.1, you aren’t missing out imo. As long as it’s lossless you should be just fine, most higher end dacs don’t need high res material to sound their best. I would say sometimes the high res releases are worthwhile if they end up being remasters or better tape transfers, generally I just tend to get things in as high as format possible, but I’m not going to really care if something is only in cd quality format
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A good DAC will reveal just how much information can be in a good 16/44 recording.
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