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In Reply to: RE: I should have known better posted by smart845 on July 22, 2014 at 22:48:45
Sorry to come off so harshly.
But to be honest it boggled my mind that you could call the 2014 Zep III remaster "lifeless". It is not just boggling, but beyond puzzling.
I do not own the Japanese CDS, and I may be wrong but are you referring to the SHM box set? If so, it is not even close.
I am sure you have a very nice system.
I am also assuming you purchased the 96/24 download? Even if it was the 44/1 version, "lifeless" would be a stunning comment unless there was an issue with your CD player.
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Hi,
Puzzling, yes, I agree.
I have the 24/96 download and the Japanese are the 'original' mini lp replica versions not the newer SHM versions which I've not heard.
It's all down to our own hearing in the end and our systems too. Mine is in the asylum systems with pics if interested.
Out of interest I still can not get cd rips using XLD to sound better than the CD player.
I have a few other hires downloads that also don't sound as good as the CD. Don't ask me why. Thankfully most do sound better, some incredibly so.
Cheers
You have a very nice system.
I listened to Zep III twice through today, and lifeless would be the last word I would use for the Pagey remaster.
You are hearing what you hear.
As far as getting XLD rips to sound as good as your disc player...well..that is a hornets nest. There are so many ducks to line up. I stopped comparing. I have a server based system for the convenience and I can get it to sound as good, but not really better than my disc players. I am happy with that.
I do hear the benefits of high rez when done right, and that is obviously the big plus of a server.
BTW, I don't agree that hi rez is only worth looking at if natively recorded. Archiving analog tape to the highest possible digital resolution absolutely makes a better end product.
Cheers.
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