431: City of Chips
Accidental Tech Podcast
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The DAC, the Digital to Analog Converter
Theoretically, we should be able to have really amazing high quality audio that you can't tell the difference from super high res lossless in regular 44.1 CD approximating MP3s and AACs. In practice though, sometimes you get some kind of new format and so or a new high resolution release and it does sound noticeably better. That's because usually in that case they've remastered or taken another recording of the audio and they've made it a better mastering for modern sensibilities and modern equipment. And I don't think Apple wanted to be left behind by other streaming services like Tidal and Neil Young's,. Even if there is not much scientific and even if there's no
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