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My wife loves to play her Charlie Brown CD at this time of year. I always thought the music quality sounded like crap. I took the plunge and downloaded the 24 bit 192k wav. file from HD tracks.
After some initial difficulty getting the files to download, I got things going. First, it took forever to download Charlie. Those files were enormous. Yes, the sound quality was better. The bass was more pronounced and the high were more clear.
My wife was satisfied. I just wonder whether it was worth $22.98. This is probably a one shot deal for me. Are any others spending this kind of dough for hi-rez music?
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You got a high quality download of an artistic work, and you like it. Am I right so far?
Now, you're complaining about spending $23 for it.
Let's do a "Think Back". How much money have you squandered over the past month on whatever vices or frivolous stuff?
:)
Laughing...
This album received a mention on tonight's edition of O'Reilly Factor!
I seem to recall paying $3.98 to about $5.98 for LPs in the 1960s. That's $30 to $45 in today's dollars.
I just paid $30.80 for Shelby Lynne's "Tears, Lies, and Alibis" LP. She is a great singer/songwriter, and the sound on the LP is as good as it gets. It's extra good for the money because the pressing is fairly low volume - we're not talking "Dark Side of the Moon" here. I can't imagine this is a money-maker.
So, buying a great LP for $30ish, or a great download for $22ish sounds like a good deal to my old ears. Sure, there are duds, and when we get one, whether from Jack's Records in Red Bank (where I got those early LPs) or from HD Tracks, we go back to the retailer, and they eat it to keep our business. (Only my mother returned records to Jack because the music was "horrible," and he was always very gracious about refunding her $3.98 while we kids hunkered down in the Oldsmobile station wagon, embarassed beyond measure.)
It's all relative. To those of us who walked five miles in the snow up hill both ways to school, it's all good.
WW
"A man need merely light the filaments of his receiving set and the world's greatest artists will perform for him." Alfred N. Goldsmith, RCA, 1922
Did you live in an Escher painting? I *love* your quote!
-RW-
Laughing...
This am, I picked up this title from 2013 w/ the "Snoopy Dog House" prop.
I own several CD copies, but not this one, until today!
While the master is dated, the top end is better than the CD version I also have.
Same is true of other HD Tracks music I own like the soundtrack from Goldfinger , a couple of early 80s Madonna albums, etc.
years ago. Asked for my money back and got it. HDtracks apologized for the sound, stating they knew it wasn't very good. I asked why they kept selling it. Never really got a reasonable answer.
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If you are a fan of this music, you might enjoy this: http://www.fivecentsplease.org/dpb/cbxmas.html
Then again, it may ruin the whole experience!
I own CB on CD/SACD- this is hi rez at its best. No need for any download(s).
SACD or 80s vinyl are good choices.
You can certainly hear the sound of the master tape - hiss and distortion included.
of listening to the LP on my parent's Curtis Mathis console in the '60's. Fun and nostalgic but not a great hi rez. Honest tape hiss does not bother me as much as somebody trying to remove it
I have both the CD and the SACD, the SACD is better, warts and all
For a 50 year year old recording I wouldn't expect perfection. I'm just trying to please the wife.
My wife loves it. I just thought fantja's comment was peculiar, because the SACD is far from Hi Rez perfection - given the poor quality of the master tape. I have no acquaintance with downloads, but I don't see how it could make much difference in this case.
Edits: 12/06/14
Easy Jim-
the higher resolution one's system has, older music / recordings' sound will be revealed, hiss & distortion included.
Dave at the Upgrade Company didn't answer my question on the DV-50 - he just pitched his modified Oppo 105D, claiming that it beats the Esoteric separates (which he describes as forward and screechy)! (Look of incredulity on my face.) Looks like I'll just get the DV-50 fixed this winter and soldier on.
Many Thanks! Jim.
Dave should have provided a better rationale than pushing the Oppo?
Keep me posted as you get your DV-50 fixed and back on the battlefield!
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