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In Reply to: agreed, but.... posted by robert young on July 2, 2005 at 05:29:06:
No, I don't actually. Newly recorded material can better show what DVD-Audio and SA-CD are capable of.Recordings made 45-50 years ago have master tapes that have lost high frequency information, have older tape formulations with higher noise floors (you just live with it) etc etc etc.
Compare that with the material coming from AIX or Telarc or DMP (top notch recordings, content is another issue).
I do agree with you about contemporary artists - far too few give a damn about recording quality. Those that do give us some great material. If you like his material, check out the Mark Knopfler discs "Sailing to Philadelphia" and "Shangri-La" (CD + DVD-A on WB or import the SA-CD) or Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms". These haven't been destroyed by an overactive compressor/limiter in the circuit so they have life and actual dynamic range.
Regards,
John Kotches
Follow Ups:
Here's your first quote again: "It is still predominately reissues of catalog titles instead of newly recorded material which can show the new formats in their best light."Here's one from your last post: "Newly recorded material can better show what DVD-Audio and SA-CD are capable of."
These two statements are opposites. I'm going to believe that the first wass an acciddent, and the second what you mean. I agree who;eheartedly, particularly after listening to Ray Kimber's DSD Iso-mike recordings at last year's HE show...
I've been meaning to pick up some Dire Straights. Thanks to your recommendation, I'm off to see if there are any DVD-A's or SACD's left at Tower Records here in NYC...;)
They aren't.What we're getting is predominately a rehash of old material, marketed to an aging audiophile base. It'll sell a few thousand copies, maybe as many as 10,000 copies but that isn't nearly enough to take it beyond niche status.
A 40 year old master tape isn't going to show what DVD-A or SA-CD is capable of and that point was consistent in both quotes you highlighted.
Regards,
John Kotches
John,You should re-read your first quote: "It is still predominately reissues of catalog titles instead of newly recorded material which can show the new formats in their best light." Maybe I'm being a bit of a semantic freak, but the unequivocal meaning of the your statement is that reissues of catalogue titles can best demonstrate of "what DVD-A or SA-CD is capable." (Whether or not you meant it - I don't think you did - the base sentence is "It is still predominantly reissues of catalogue titles which can show the new formats in their best light." What the sentence needs to change the meaning is another qualifier and a comma: "It is still predominantly reissues of catalogue titles that are currently available, rather than newly recorded material which can show the new formats in their best light.")
This isn't what any of your follow-up e-mails state, with which I agree wholeheartedly.
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