Wombat wrote: > We can only speculate how the original was mixed exactly. I believe in > 1998 there surely where made mastertapes out of the mix with extended HF > content. > I am also pretty sure vendors like AS get a capture of that tape > delivered. What i highly doubt is that these captures are done 2 times, > one as DSD and one as PCM. > Since AS does not clarify anything about that case my understandingn is > they simply convert PCM themself and let some wackos explain how > beautiful the DSD version is.
The simple fact that "Morning Phase" is a multi-track recording mixed down to two track stereo means that even if there was a DSD recording made in 1998, which is highly unlikely since the first SACD did not come out until 2001 and the those early SACDs were mostly original analog recordings converted to DSD, the DSD data would have had to be converted to (hopefully) high bit rate PCM for editing. This is just another of the countless examples of the high end audio industry, which includes manufacturers, vendors and the press, using FUD to stir the pot and hopefully increase sales. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
