That is the question. More specifically, I would like to start downloading some hi res music, but I currently don't have a means to play it. I do plan on upgrading to a Music Fidelity V-DAC MKii soon, so I know I'm not just wasting my money buying these files, but I'd like to know if listening to them now is better or worse than listening to CDs. Does downsampling hi res files to 16/44 or 16/48 cause it to lose quality compared to bit-perfect playback?
That is the question. More specifically, I would like to start downloading some hi res music, but I currently don't have a means to play it. I do plan on upgrading to a Music Fidelity V-DAC MKii soon, so I know I'm not just wasting my money buying these files, but I'd like to know if listening to them now is better or worse than listening to CDs. Does downsampling hi res files to 16/44 or 16/48 cause it to lose quality compared to bit-perfect playback?