I met Bill at CES 2009 and was floored, I mean floored!! by his 24/192 demos. i was sitting next to reviewer Dick Olsher and whispered a couple things to him about the sound of the piano. He said i should bring them up to Bill in the demo and I did. Bill was like a proud father and gave me huge kudos for hearing what I heard......it wasn't me...it was obvious!!
Note: it helps that they system was state of the art and that the transducers were some of my favorite of all time, the TAD Ref One's that Andrew Jones helped design and market. Bob Smith (Aether Audio, SP Tech) and I heard them again at CES 2010 and Bob was mightily impressed (he's not impressed easily
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Bill and I chatted for quite awhile, and I've emailed him since at Bravura. His stuff will be very very good! He was originally thinking he'd distribute via BluRay but no real audiophile BluRay movement has begun...so he's taking a survey on whether to stay there, or release as DVD-Rom or somehow download (they are huge files, which is why few download sites go beyond 24/96). Bill would like a physical medium cuz he, like me, loves cover art, liner notes, etc. PDF's can always take their palce I guess.
Bill has a tremendous passion for HiRez, and for that reason alone he is a hero of this movement. He is committed to making sure the iPod generation hears great music!!
