I would also think that recordings done directly to digital has greater potential. Itrax has some great examples too, but not in the classical department, Linn seems to do some great classical recordings
So yes I believe that a " true hirez" recording is digitaly recorded at 24/192 or better . Not just mastered that way every step must have this resolution an analog tape stage would bottleneck that. But there is a difference here Linn makes their own content, so it is also a record company. so they have greater controll. HD tracks is just a retailer. So thier content is a mixed bag , you can question thier choice of what to markett as hirez, but yes a noisy rock recording from1966 is crossing that line for sure imho. This is a paradox recording teqnique has never been better than it is today yet so very few recordings show this fact. What is the typical noise levels with todays microphones if you do ADC directly at the mic stand using a very quiet mic preamp ? -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86017 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
