audiomuze;655482 Wrote: > I've seen enough of their so called high res masters to know a good > proportion is crap and the original CD is better. Layla would be a good > example of the crap I'm referring to.
Once again I agree. Layla is being sold by HDTracks as the definitive audiophile version but the master that was used to create the high resolution has the same overly compressed dynamic range as the crappy 2011 CD remaster. I've had this same conversation over on the Stereophile forum and since HDTracks is a Stereophile advertiser all the writers and editors simply gave HDTracks a pass and said something along the lines of "Oh they're aware of the problems and it's now their fault and yada, yada, yada." That's why I will not buy anything from HDtracks until each and every one of their high resolution releases is truly hi-rez and is not dynamically compressed. Or as you put it, is no longer crap. -- 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=89863 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
