ralphpnj wrote: > I like the overall idea of some kind simple rating system and your > suggestions are spot on. Now to throw a monkey wrench into the works - > what about DSD downloads? > > From what I gathered DSD recordings cannot be mixed and edited in native > DSD and must be converted to PCM for editing and then back to DSD, > unless the studio possesses one of the few DSD editors. Of course analog > mastered recordings digitized to DSD would be "pure" analog/DSD. If the > no editing in DSD is true then I suspect that are very few "pure" DSD > recordings available. > > So what the DSD rating system look like?
Multitracked and complex mixes will need PCM editing as you noted. I think the most we can ask for is something like a declaration of "Direct DSD Album" for the "best" that DSD can afford. How about something like this: HH(DSD) - hi-res PCM recording and production (maybe in DXD), DSD file (DSD)A(DSD) - DSD recording (maybe high res like DSD256) --> analogue mixing (?Blue Coast style?) --> DSD64 final file AA(DSD) - classic Sony SACDs like the old jazz recordings... Start off as analogue recordings and mixes, final output as digital DSD (DSD)(DSD)(DSD) - "Direct DSD" - recorded in DSD, minimal intermediate processing (I've seen descriptions that splicing, panning, gain adjustments can be done in native DSD), and final output as DSD. I am curious though... Now that we're a few years into the DSD download scene, has anyone bought any DSD files and is there actually any interest yourself or audiophiles you know? I have a few albums but these are invariably rips of SACDs I bought years ago... They're basically sitting on my music server as "demos" to play to audiophile friends visiting and wanting to hear what native DSD playback sounds like off my TEAC UD501. Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103091 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
