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In Reply to: RE: Karajan's Beethoven on BluRay posted by Fitzcaraldo215 on July 18, 2016 at 18:51:26:
Good post. Yes, a good remastering is a good remastering irrespective of source. You make me open to trying the BluRay Karajan just to find out how good it is. However I cannot figure any way of integrating a BluRay player with my audio system due to the need for a screen to navigate the disc, without even considering the connectivity issue.
Digital recording moves on and one difficulty concerning digital archive material produced from analogue originals is the technology that was available at the time. This means that much material is archived at 16/48 or 20/48. But, as good is good, my objection is really with some record company's weasel words used to trick punters into buying something that they are not actually getting. 16/48 in a 24/96 downloaded wrapper is not 24/96 IMO.
It is also worth remarking that the oxide shedding that affects many old analogue tapes is not universal and relates particularly to one brand. Furthermore it seems that analogue masters deemed unsuitable for playing one day ( e.g the stated need to use digital masters for The Beatles Stereo and Mono CD re-issues) somehow become playable later (the mastering of The Beatles Mono on vinyl box set).
OK, analogue tapes won't last forever. But we haven't yet quite reached that point for everything and I believe that mastering solely from digital sources, irrespective of the purpose, is often just company policy rather than a judgement on the state of the particular analogue master in question.
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