I have been informed by the Electronc Media Coordinator for the San Francisco Symphony that the San Francisco Symphony also sends their SACDs to HD Tracks.
And this employee of the Symphony admits that HD Tracks rips their SACDs to create the digital downloads. HDtracks subcontracts with a studio to do the rip of the SACDs using a machine called the EMM Labs ADC8 MKIV converter. This machine converts the SACDs DSD format to a PCM format of 24/44.1. That is a technical restriction of the machine whose specifications are limited by the intellectual property rights of Sony, which invented the SACD technology. This resulting file is then upsampled from 44.1 to 88.2 by HDtracks studio before being sold to the public at 24/88.2. The problem with upsampling is that the fidelity will not be as good as material originally recorded at 24/88.2. Thus in my opinion, HDtracks is giving the public the impression that the fidelity is better than it actually is. Hdtracks can sell music in whatever resolution it wants. The issue is whether Hdtracks has made a full disclosure of the source of the master and the conversion process for the downloadable file that it does sell. I dont believe there has been full disclosure. In addition, when I pointed this out the San Francisco Symphony, the Electronc Media Coordinator at the Symphony stated: This is an issue for HD Tracks customer service. Apparently the San Francisco Symphony (or at least its Electronc Media Coordinator) doesnt care about the issue. -- mortslim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688
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