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RE: High Resolution - Fact or Fiction?

You're comparing a rip of the vinyl to a CD transfer. This says nothing about the value of hi-rez. A RBCD taken from an LP can often best an RBCD taken from the master tapes for various reasons: deterioration of the master tape, a tin-eared mastering engineer, poor electronics, etc.

A better test would be to dither/downsample your rips to 16/44, and then compare that against your orignal hi-rez rip. The only variable here is the quality of the downsampling.

If you buy hi-rez files from eClassical, you can also download the 16/44 files of the same album for free. The variables here are the provenance of the hi-rez and 16/44 files, which is not under our control. However, I think this is what most folks want to know: is it worthwhile to spend the extra money on the hi-rez download when a standard rez download is available for less.




Edits: 04/09/14

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