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In Reply to: It's on a case-by-case basis posted by John Marks on November 24, 2014 at 09:35:10:
So, long story short, I think that the industry owes the consumer complete transparency and accountability on the provenance of the downloads and SACDs they want us to buy, and I will make as much of a fuss as I can if I catch anyone selling a DSD download that did not start out at least as a DXD recording (given the possibility that a consumer might be able to decode DSD but not DXD natively). From here on out I will declare "DSD Downloads from 24/94 PCM" to be Non Kosher in my little world.
Back in the day, I was happy to purchase SACDs made from hi-res PCM masters. But at the time there was only SACD and DVD-A and I hated the variability of DVD authoring and the annoying menus. But now, there is no good reason to offer downloads in anything other than the same resolution as the digital master, unless that master is above 24/192. No format conversions please, aside from the DXD->DSD you mentioned.
I'm an HDTracks customer and I have gotten some excellent quality hi-res albums from them. But I have to do a lot of homework to research what I'm buying from their site. For the amount they charge I feel like they should identify the provenance of their downloads and be responsible for better quality control. If you're going to charge a premium price to audiophiles, at least make sure what you're offering is an audiophile product.
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- I'm with you on the last paragraph - Dave_K 11:44:06 11/24/14 (1)
- Typo. 24/96 not 24/94 - John Marks 16:20:15 11/24/14 (0)
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