John Mellencamp’s 'Life, Death, Love and Freedom' has just been released with a CD and DVD. It's apparently the first ever release in the ΧΟΔΕ (CODE) format developed by T Bone Burnett and a team of engineers and purportedly "creates high-definition audio files that are virtually indistinguishable from the original master tapes. The resonance, warmth and presence that has been realized with CODE is unprecedented in the digital era."
"The CODE version of Life, Death, Love and Freedom is a DVD that will come packaged with a standard CD version of the album, available at all retail outlets, at no additional cost to the consumer. The CODE disc is playable on virtually all DVD machines including stand-alone players and drives integrated into computer systems. The DVD’s content can be copied into most computer music software including iTunes and can, then, be downloaded onto personal music players such as the iPod. The standard CD is included to answer all possible compatibility questions." I bought the album and had a look at the DVD. The DVD contains 24/96 WAV files, AAC and MP3, as well as what looks like a regular DVD (presumably without video signal) layout for DVD players. As I'm in ther process of planning a move my Transporter and ATC's have been crated and I've had to downsample to listen on the SB3, so I was wondering whether anyone here has bought the album and had a chance to listen to the 24/96 tracks, and if so, would love to read their impressions, especially if you've ripped and/or listened to the CD version also. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic... Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49956 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
