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In Reply to: RE: SACD vrs..HiRez downloads posted by ruxtonvet on December 16, 2013 at 23:03:31
I can think of a few reasons:
1. Many hi-res downloads are not available as SACDs.
2. Many hi-res recordings were originally done in PCM (24 bit/44.1 kHz or higher); with a hi-res download you are ostensibly getting a copy of the original master, whereas with the equivalent SACD (if there is one), it would have gone though a PCM-to-DSD conversion process.
3. Instant gratification: it's really satisfying to find a recording you want online and be able to download and listen to it in a matter of minutes. (Or, in the case of The Classical Shop, a few hours. ;-) )
Russell
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Three more reasons:
1. No DRM
2. No gas driving 45 miles to the nearest record store
or
3. No shipping charges
(But these don't offset some absurd pricing of DSD downloads.)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
Also there is the instant gratification of finding easily on my server vs. searching for the disc.
I had that experience listening to KPFA one Sunday.
They played something from YoYo Ma's "Goat Rodeo", couple of hours later, it was a DSD Disc playing on my 5400, and I'm thinking "How Totally Cool!"
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