By 2006, John Mayer was at a crossroads. He had shed the "acrylic-clad acoustic strummer" image of Room for Squares and the folk-rock of Heavier Things . With Continuum , he dove headfirst into the Mississippi Delta, channeling the ghosts of Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix, while keeping one foot in the pop charts.
They are wrong. Continuum was tracked to analog tape in many instances (Mayer is a known tape enthusiast). The 24-96 FLAC captures the analog saturation. Furthermore, pop music benefits most from high resolution because of the density of information. A modern pop track has 80+ tracks of audio. In 16-bit, that density collapses into a wall of sound. In 24-bit, each instrument retains its digital "breathing room." John Mayer - Continuum -2006 Pop- -Flac 24-96-