firedog;579907 Wrote: > Just listen. Lots of hi- res releases are transcribed from vinyl. And > lots of "old" recordings were very good recordings, and the digital > transcriptions sound great and are more revealing than the original. > BTW, the Kinks record I referred to is from the 70's, but is inferior > in recording quality to the Coltrane recording. So judging something > strictly on the age isn't worth much. > > "Dynamics" mean several things, you referred to one. That's only one of > the advantages of 24/96 recordings. And yes, you can hear the > differences when listening to a jazz quartet on my miserable little 2 > way floorstanders. > > Again, just listen. Throw out all the numbers you want at me, some of > the hi-res transcriptions sound fantastic. I even pointed out specific > aspects of a 24/44.1 recording that are superior to the redbook > version. Since the Beatles remasters were also transcribed from tape > and are also from the same time period as "A Love Supreme", I guess > they can't sound better, either. > > And no, I didn't "properly downsample" it to compare. Why would I? If > you want to do that, spend your time doing it. I listened to the two > versions and can hear differences. > > And finally: don't write, listen. I always love it on these forums when > people make such strong statements about a topic that involves LISTENING > to something, when they haven't done the listening.
Great post Mr. Dog - I completely agree. Some of the best sounding recordings and records are from the earliest days of the stereo LP, such as the Mercury Living Presence series. Sure some of these recordings feature levels of hiss which are quite audible but that doesn't matter because the clarity and presence on these old recordings is rarely matched by today's hyper clean and quiet but lifeless digital recordings, whether those new recordings are high resolution, CD resolution or compressed mp3. A good sounding recording is much more than just bit depth, sampling rate and dynamic range - it's about things like presence, performance and presentation but most of all it's about how it makes you feel. And remember no amount of post recording processing is going to "fix" a poor recording. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82067 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
