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Post by Rabbit on Oct 12, 2013 21:21:37 GMT
The intention is to remaster from originals but the reality and marketing greed may well result in some poorer quality stuff merely being touted as hi res rather than being 're jogged from the ground.
Amy Winehouse' s Back to Black album is going to be one of the first. That was recorded well in the first place. Whether this standard is kept up remains to be seen.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2013 21:45:03 GMT
i wish there were more hi-res downloads available in the uk. the only one i have is the Eagles hotel california in 24/192 from hdtracks. cannot download any more from there , dont really know how i managed to get this one really. i have been thinking of downloading the 24/44 version (flac) of Rod Stewart's new album from here.... www.linnrecords.com/recording-time.aspxbut not sure its worth it. the whole album is around 600mb. one track from my Eagles download "the last resort" is 270mb on its own! any thoughts?
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Post by solderdude on Oct 12, 2013 22:34:46 GMT
i thought these were all supposed to be re-mastered from the original master copies, rather than upsampled? if what you say is true, then its a rip-off. how could we as consumers tell an upsampled disc against a remastered disc? You can only tell by analysing the spectrum of the file. Archimago already tested some recordings: archimago.blogspot.nl/2013/07/list-suspected-44-or-48khz-pcm.htmlThis will give you an idea of what scruples the market has. Of course there will also be plenty of real hires recordings available. In the end the soundquality of a recording is not determined by the format it is delivered in but in the recording and mastering process.
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Post by Rabbit on Oct 13, 2013 7:44:31 GMT
It's the 'unscrupulous' people that may damage the market so they can make a quick killing unfortunately.
The key to its success will be the quality of the software and it kind of reminds me of the transferring of analogue stuff to CD in the 80's. Some of those were terrible and didn't warrant buying a CD if you had stuff on vinyl tbh.
I hope it works but quality is the key for it really.
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Post by solderdude on Oct 13, 2013 8:23:14 GMT
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Post by Rabbit on Oct 13, 2013 8:47:05 GMT
I do agree Frans; how high do you 'need' to go for most purposes? It has made me smile in the past where someone is hearing massive differences with hi res files ......
On a Portapro!!
You also have to watch for con merchants who simply 're-equalise' in order to fool people.
Of course, there will always be people demanding higher and higher based on the figures but whether they honestly hear that much difference is questionable perhaps.
Bit like tv size and number of dots? We're not always as laser like as we'd like to think.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 17:40:52 GMT
will these discs be easy to rip from a pc blu-ray drive?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 23:23:32 GMT
In the end the soundquality of a recording is not determined by the format it is delivered in but in the recording and mastering process. Frans is so right here. This is one of the things I have learned in the past few years that have surprised me. As an example, I have Hi-res (24-96 and even one 24-192) recordings by, among others, Steely Dan, and Roxy Music, which sound no better than average, and in the case of one recording in particular, sounds as dull as ditchwater. On the other hand, I have an album like Josh Rouse's "Dressed Up Like Nebraska", a debut album recorded on a semi-pro 16-track recorder in the producer's home, which sounds utterly sublime! Clean, clear, with superb, ultra-wide imaging, it sounds live and in-the-room. On the track "The White Trash Period Of My Life", the opening guitar chords and vocals sound great, but when the drums eventually kick in, they appear to be coming from so wide in the stereo image that they appear from beyond my dining-room walls. P.M. me if you'd like to here more of this very simply-recorded album.
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