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Vincent Kars

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• Jun 24, 2011

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http://www.highresaudio.com/ is a new site with highres downloads.
The claim is that all sources are 24 bits.
Sample rates varies from 44 to 352
Site is bilingual (German/English)
Beside some smaller labels they feature ECM, Naxos and Sony.

 

RBFC

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• Jun 24, 2011

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Thanks, Vincent. I'll include it in our compiled listing of download sites.

Lee

 

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• Jun 24, 2011

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Vincent Kars said:

http://www.highresaudio.com/ is a new site with highres downloads.

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I clicked on a Pentatone album (Julia Fischer / Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto) and got this message:

"Unfortunately you can not purchase the Song/Album due to licensing constraints. HIGHRESAUDIO does not have the rights to this Song/Album in your territory. We are doing our best to make the HIGHRESAUDIO library available worldwide."

The price is a problem too. $ 32 is a lot more than I'm willing to pay for a CD's worth of music.

I'm in the USA.

Bill

 

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Vincent Kars

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• Jun 24, 2011

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I wonder if 32 is the correct price
€23,00 x 1.4188 = $ 32.63

What I expect
€23,00 – 20% VAT=19.17 (no VAT in the USA)
x 1.4188= $ 27.19
This is exactly what Channel Classics is doing: http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=pcaudio&m=90852

 

RBFC

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• Jun 24, 2011

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Old Listener said:

I clicked on a Pentatone album (Julia Fischer / Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto) and got this message:

"Unfortunately you can not purchase the Song/Album due to licensing constraints. HIGHRESAUDIO does not have the rights to this Song/Album in your territory. We are doing our best to make the HIGHRESAUDIO library available worldwide."

The price is a problem too. $ 32 is a lot more than I'm willing to pay for a CD's worth of music.

I'm in the USA.

Bill

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I believe many of the Pentatone recordings are available from www.hdtracks.com.

http://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD827949009563

This is the Tchaikovsky violin concerto with Julia Fischer in 24/88.2. It's also on the site in 16/44.1.

Lee

 

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www.highresaudio.com

• Jun 26, 2011

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Dear Bill,

thank you for your interest in HIGHRESAUDIO. Unfortunately, due to territory licensing restrictions with some labels and distributors, i.a. ECM and Naxos (incl. associated labels), we are not allowed to sell them in the United States.
At the moment, we have a EURO to USD daily currency converter installed. I agree, it is a bit expensive! At the end of July, we will have attractive US pricing from $15 dollars for the repertoire, that we have the distribution rights for.

Lothar

 

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• Jun 26, 2011

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Thanks, Lothar.

 

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Vincent Kars

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• Aug 24, 2012

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Got some price info from Lothar

 

Bruce B

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• Aug 24, 2012

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Vincent Kars said:

Got some price info from Lothar
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Strange that DSD is that expensive even though the files are smaller than 24/96.

Also, DXD "is" 352.8

 

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• Aug 24, 2012

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24/96 can be compressed w/ FLAC to smaller than DSD64, even though the uncompressed files are bigger.