OT Audiophiles, was:[sdiy] Digital filtering (Oversampling anddownsampling)

[David G. Dixon]

Bruce,

Which one of these does not belong?

a) > appreciate a decent amp/speaker system,
b) > abhor mp3's, or
c) > critically listen to music?

It is possible to "critically listen to music" even when you cannot hear it
perfectly, or must listen to it under less than ideal conditions.  I do it
all the time!  Just think of all those musicians in the past who had to
learn jazz by listening to scratchy 78's or a crystal radio set, or
classical musicians who could only hear other composers' music by
transcribing it on their own instruments or following the score and hearing
it in their heads!  For me, the quality of reproduction figures very little
in my appreciation of music (although I realize that this is highly
subjective).

Cheers,
Dave