Christian McBride the Q Sessions EP

[Joe Whip]

Listening to this new recording exclusive to Qobuz at 24/192. No compression, minimal EQ a pure audiophile recording to show off high res. The idea is to give us the studio master. Superb sound.

 

[jazdoc]

Listening to this new recording exclusive to Qobuz at 24/192. No compression, minimal EQ a pure audiophile recording to show off high res. The idea is to give us the studio master. Superb sound.

BTW, love the Benny Green avatar. One of my favorites!

 

[rbbert]

Although the sound is certainly good, "no compression" is a flat out lie. There is noticeable peak-limiting in louder passages, so I strongly suspect some additional compression was used in addition to that (because if it was only peak-limiting it would sound worse)

 

[Joe Whip]

Yes Benny was so kind to snap a pic with me. He is truly a wonderful dude. As for no compression, I think it is no digital compression, the kind that lead to the loudness wars. I just report what is in the PR. Also, rather than state that something is an outright lie, how about you are mistaken instead And here’s why.

 

[rbbert]

It's not you that is mistaken, I didn't mean to imply that, it's the advertising description from Qobuz that is mistaken. And as I mentioned, in an audio editor there is clearly evidence of some digital compression; since as we have both noted it still sounds good, I infer that there is a little bit of analog compression earlier in the recording chain as well.