Stratmangler wrote: > A high resolution recording has very little to do with bit depth and > sample rate. > Mastering is all important. > From what you've described the mastering is poor, therefore it cannot be > a Hi Res release. > It's just a higher bit depth and sample rate transfer of a mediocre > recording. > > Got some great songs on it ;)
I am not sure if I understand what you are saying here correclty, but indeed the digital recording format is something different than the distribution format. A so calles 'hires version' of an album with a bad mastering will still sound bad.... It goes the other way around as well: a good mastering will sound fine in both regular CD format (16/44.1) and hires. You can even go one step further if you wish: convert hires audio properly to 16/44.1 and I am sure you won't hear any difference when doing an ABX test. If you listen to the same album and you hear differences between lossless streaming services like Qobuz and f.e. Spotify, this almost always caused by different masterings not because of the distribution/audio format. *Living Room:* RPI2+HifiBerry DAC+ Pro & piCorePlayer *Attic:* RPI2+HifiBerry DAC+ RCA & piCorePlayer *Other rooms:* 6x SB Radio *LMS*: Version 8.1.x on Xubuntu 20.04LTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zordaz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=61726 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114502 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
