JezA;615377 Wrote: > The HDTracks Rolling Stones material comes from DSD remasters done > around 2002 by ABCKO and Bob Ludwig which were then released on dual > format CD/SACD. > > "Many years of research went into locating the original mono and stereo > analog tapes that would be used in ABKCO's Rolling Stones Remastered > Series. That research revealed a treasure trove of first generation > tapes - true stereo masters from The Stones' 1964 Chess Studios > sessions including the unedited version of "2120 South Michigan > Avenue," Beggar's Banquet at its correct speed and Let It Bleed with > splicing that indicates that the original intention was to leave little > spacing between each cut. > > For the analog to digital transfers, vintage reel-to-reel tape machines > were utilized - a modified Ampex 351 with original tube electronics > (full track mono and two track stereo) and an Ampex ATR-102 modified > with Aria Discrete Class-A Electronics (full track mono and two track > stereo). A Sonoma DSD digital audio workstation was the chosen high > resolution format and Meitner Design ADC8 and DAC8 MKlV converters were > used for the conversion process. Cables used were the cryogenically > frozen type supplied to us by Gus Skinas of Super Audio Center. Gus > also provided much guidance to Jody Klein, Steve Rosenthal and myself > for our first time use of DSD technology. For this HD Tracks release, > the Bob Ludwig mastered DSD files were converted to both 176.4kHz and > 88.2kHz high resolution PCM with Weiss Saracon conversion software." > > - Teri Landi, Archivist and Engineer, ABKCO Music & Records
Yeah, exactly. That's what I meant above.. It is like recompressing JPEG into PNG I know Saracon software, no more difficult to operate then FLAC and much simpler than Sox ;-) 176/24 is pure marketing scam in this case, do not buy it High chances that SACD on the same Meitner's EMM player will sound superior.. -- michael123 Big 'thank you' to AndyG for fixing #15209, #15693, #16442, #16760 :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ michael123's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23745 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86017 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
