What if Hi-Rez goes above 24bit/192kz eventually? Current DS becomes redundant?

[keysersoze311]

OK I know I might be running way ahead of myself here, but assuming Hi-Rez downloads become popular one day, and we can download the files in a split second because the internet will be fast enough, is it not conceivable that the agreed high resolution formats might go above 24bit/192khz?

Some 32 bit material etc. might even be released quite soon, might it not?... Sort of like how only a very small amount of 24 bit material is currently available...

In response to another thread I started, someone mentioned that 32bit/384kbps had been suggested as a digital format that would potentially be on par with analogue/vinyl..

At the moment, it's impossible to find almost any music at anything above 16bit/44.1khz, but it seems the world is increasingly heading towards music downloads, and when the internet gets fast enough, and our hard drives get big enough, if Hi-Rez downloads do take off, is it quite likely they'll go above 24bit/192khz?

Cos if so, will this render our DS systems redundant? Or would a simple upgrade enable them to handle High(er)-Rez material?

OK in practice if you buy a DS tomorrow you're probably pretty much future proofed, because it'll probably be years (if ever) before you can find a lot of music at 24bit/192khz, let alone higher..

But still, would this be a simple upgrade, or is the Linn DS really designed to handle a maximum of 24bit/192khz material??

It's source first after all, and the real source is the music, followed by the DS/turntable..

Even if, say 32bit/384khz material doesn't become popular, if they start releasing some music in this format in the near future, I bet a lot of DS owners are gonna be pretty annoyed they can't enjoy that music in it's native super Hi-Rez...

Even if the 32bit/384khz material is only as common as today's 24 bit material (very uncommon), we're gonna have a lot of grumpy DS owners who can't enjoy the rare 32 bit material as intended...

Cheers, Keyser