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the higher rez PCM and DSD stuff that uses the master analog tapes is NOT the same as saying they are taking cd and upsampling. So for Miles Davis (the example you used) transferring the MUCH more musical master analog tapes to something like DSD or 24/192 PCM (and treating them with care, with less compression, less eq, etc) is a significant improvement over compressing the shit out of it and putting it out on cd, like was done in the 80's, etc. Are these 50's and 60's recordings hirez? No, but to be able to finally hear the analog masters is leaps and bounds better than the cd offerings, and worthy of using hirez sampling rates. For true native hirez recordings, go find Channel Classics, Pentatone, Reference Recordings, Sound Liason (in PCM), Soundkeeper, etc. So don't mix metaphors here. Many of these newer hirez offerings (of jazz label catalogs like from Verve, Blue Note, etc...or direct tape to DSD archiving like Yarlung and others) are indeed worth their premium costs. If you find they are simply taking 16 bit cd masters and upsampling them, stay away from them (and the label).
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