firedog;512805 Wrote: > I just did some web searches, and the process described above was > exactly what the engineers who worked on the remasters described: > transfer of original analogue tapes to 24/192; then a downsample to > 24/44.1. The 24/44.1 was edited, EQ'd etc for the final CD masters, and > then a 16/44.1 master for the CD's was produced. Engineers chose this > method as it involved the least amount of times re-sampling the files, > yet enabling them to work in 24 bit. > > So the USB stick files are the same master source as the CD's, just > produced from the same master files before the final down sample to 16 > bit. They should sound somewhat better than the standard CD's. My > personal experience is that 24 bit files do have some advantage over 16 > bit files, even at 44.1. > > In other words, poster "ralphpnj" above had it right: the > "unadulterated" 24/192 files are still available for making another > remaster. > > I also agree with him about the marketing. I'm not buying the 24/44.1 > version, I'll wait till the inevitable hi-res version is released. I > think that will happen as soon as the sales of the lower res version > fall off and EMI feels there's enough of a market for hi-res to make an > investment in making new hi-res remasters. > > The hi-res market is growing, so I'm sure it will happen in a year or > two...or three....or as soon as EMI thinks they can separate us boomers > from another $250 for the hi-res set.
I am enjoying 24bit version, it is so great! Very silent, detailed and dynamic. As 24-bit recording should be. I listened for few hours yesterday night, could not stop. -- michael123 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72852 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
