Phil Leigh;589077 Wrote: > No it isn't - great sounding recordings remain (as ever) the frontier > for MUSIC lovers. You don't need "hi resolution" for great sounding > recordings. > > What confuses people is that in many cases the only way to get buy > great sounding recordings is in SACD/DVD-A/Blu-ray/hi-res download > format. But it is NOT the format that makes them sound great (it is the > mixing/mastering/post-prod) and great sounding recordings are available > in standard redbook form - but you will not find any record company > rushing to remaster it's back catalogue properly in redbook. There's no > money in it for them.
I agree. Unfortunately, the only hi-res releases we are likely to see in popular music are some classics that the record corporations can be sure will sell fairly well (Beatles,solo Beatles, Dylan, Doors, Tom Petty, etc). Proper remastering for digital is apparently an expensive and labor intensive process - good results require a lot of hours of experienced engineers/ears. I'm a real fan of well done hi-res (the recent Band on the Run Remaster,e.g.), but Phil is right that the quality of the original recording and mastering is what matters most. I've got plenty of jazz and classical recordings from the 50's and 60's that were competently transferred to digital, and even the redbook CD's sound very good. -- firedog Tranquil PC fanless WHS server running SqueezeServer; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; KRK Ergo, MF V DAC3, MF X-150 amp, Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Mirage MS-12 sub; Dual 506 + Ortofon 20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83260 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
