Comments on Profile Post by nithhoggr

I don't really consider it "hi-res", but I do appreciate knowing that they had less chance to f**k it up with asynchronous sample rate conversion to 44.1khz

I would say more often than not, the metal I download from band camp is 48khz, sometimes its even 96KHz. A lot of Kpop is even available in 96khz

@SoupRKnowva That's a good point...I hadn't even considered the asynchronous downsampling issue.

I think "hi res" might just have more marketing cachet over there, since there's a Japanese standard for it. I remember Audio-Technica making a big deal about the MSR7 being "Hi-Res Certified" back when it was new. I also remember the standard maybe having nothing to do with resolution of any sort for headphones...

Honestly with JPop the main draw of high res that I can see is that the high frequency needles are more prominent in listening. If it's not upper midrange aggression or "air" frequency shelves, it's both. Then again most of the JPop I know is anisong and city pop so not fully representative.