What about pre-recorded Music Discs???

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Thing is that the iPod has put paid to a lot of potential high quality audio, due to its 'funkiness'.

I'll go on record saying that high quality audio has been around for many many years, and in either analogue or digital form, high quality is still high quality.

Just because Blu-ray offers large data transfer rates this will still not compensate for a half deaf, convenience driven, compression happy audio engineer. Unfortunately most music is mastered by these fools these days.

However, if one is to listen to something by Supertramp, Dire Straits, Alan Parsons Project or something of that ilk, they may be surprised in that it sounds cleaner and crisper than something of the modern day.

Why? Simply because they are / were self produced musicians - the best of both worlds. Does it make any difference what Mbps transfer rate the media runs at? Course not, in fact any of these type of artists will sound amazing on redbook, but only because the original recordings are first class.

Yes, my Esocteric player has SACD capability, but I own none. Why have I not bought any? Because redbook is excellent quality as it is and the machine is engineered properly. Will the PS3 ever replace it? HAHAHAHA! Don't be ludicrous!