R Johnson;517863 Wrote: > As a Chicago Symphony subscriber, I'm particularly interested in their > new recordings from concert performances as issued on the "CSO Resound" > label. These are available on SACD, CD and downloads. I've downloaded > one disc in 24/88.2 but haven't yet had the playback equipment to > compare it to the CD.
The orchestras own website states: High Definition downloads available at hdtracks.com At the HDtracks website, it says: When you purchase an HDtracks file, it is the same quality as a store-purchased CD. And To really get the most benefit of an HDtracks music file you could burn a CD-R and play it on your home Hi-Fi system. And HD files are the same thing as purchasing a CD but without the disc. https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=staticpage&pagename=faq#1 So even though the downloads at that website are encoded at 24/88.2 or 96, apparently that company is starting with the orchestra labels CDs, then just copying them to a computer and then upsampling from 44.1 to either 88.2 or 96 and converting the bit depth from 16 to 24. But, the quality cant be improved by this method. The quality will be the same as the source material. I say apparently because there is no explanation as to the source of the downloadable files on the website. What this company is doing may be misleading. If all you are going to end up with is the same quality as a store-purchased CD, it seems the upsampling is for marketing purposes only to laypeople without the requisite knowledge to understand what is really being sold. When the website advises burning a CD from the download, you are again at 16/44.1. -- mortslim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688
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