mortslim;518305 Wrote: > The statement from HDtracks is internally inconsistent. Since it is a > digital to digital conversion, which it admits by saying "from the DSD > stream of the SACD", then, by definition, it is NOT a "native high > resolution recording". It is not native, it is converted. > > And its claim that it is "not up sampled" is contradicted by the studio > owner that actually does the conversions. He told me on the phone that > it is "up sampled". > > And I previously posted that the Coordinator for Resound, the Chicago > Symphony Orchestras record label, stated that his organization does NOT > give access to their masters to Hdtracks, only CDs and SACDs. I also got an email from HDTracks (I bought couple of recordings) that sheds some more light on the process. Here is the quote:
> In regards to the high resolution > albums that we offer, all of our 96/24 albums are from the original > studio masters. For some of the 88.2/24 albums, they are also from the > > original analogue tape masters (the Water Lily titles for example). > > The MDG album that you mentioned, and the other 88.2/24 albums that are > > not from analogue tape masters are taken from the SACD DSD stream > through the following process: > > EMM Labs CDSD-SE Transport => via DSD ST-optical => EMM Labs ADC8 MkIV > > => via PCM 24/96 AES/EBU => Pyramix DSD/DXD Workstation => Digital > Audio > Denmark AX24 for playback monitoring via MADI. > I have seen the combination of EMM and Pyramix mentioned before. Any comments on this setup ? -- matka George Transporter->Pathos Logos->Triangle Celius 2 Duets, 1 Boom, 1 SB3 Sansa Clip Plus -> AKG K 420 Fedora Core Linux ------------------------------------------------------------------------ matka's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34878 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688
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