According to Acoustic Sounds the SACD was produced using the Orginal Analogue tapes...why wasn't the LP version?
According to Acoustic Sounds the SACD was produced using the Orginal Analogue tapes...why wasn't the LP version?
According to Acoustic Sounds the SACD was produced using the Orginal Analogue tapes...why wasn't the LP version?
Probably because DSD archiving, done correctly, can be indistinguishable from the source.
So rewinding and respooling priceless analog master tapes is not worth the risk when you can just
cut the vinyl from the DSD master.
Bruce/J. Tinn have demoed foe me the second gen tape vs the DSD copy (which should sound exactly like the tape). Playback was a Studer 810 vs the Playback Design DAC/Mac music server. The DSD copy isn't even close! The most egregious departures from the master tape lie in the upper octaves, resolution and three dimensionality. Plus the music just sounded mechanical next to the tape. PS, the PD gear is the best digital I've heard.
Let's clarify: The DSD copy was a copy of exactly the same tape it was being compared to on the Studer, and had been copied to DSD from that very same Studer?
Tim
Bruce/J. Tinn have demoed foe me the second gen tape vs the DSD copy (which should sound exactly like the tape). Playback was a Studer 810 vs the Playback Design DAC/Mac music server. The DSD copy isn't even close! The most egregious departures from the master tape lie in the upper octaves, resolution and three dimensionality. Plus the music just sounded mechanical next to the tape. PS, the PD gear is the best digital I've heard.
Hi Bruce:
what did you think, do you agree with Myles?
also, sorry to bug you, is the new HDTracks Norah Jones 192 download an archive of the analog mixdown?
Myles is spot on. I wouldn't say the divide is night/day. If no one heard the tapes, you'd think it was the best you've ever heard.
Yes, the NJ is a 2-track mixdown archive.
Are you a liberty to say if there are any other interesting things coming down the pike from HDTracks?
Sorry, wish I could. We did just get a shipment of 27 master tapes last week!! The "original" masters!
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