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Humbly submitted for your approval;
I've had the same vinyl copy of this album since 1983. It has always sounded murky and dense to me.
Not so with the 192/24 reissue. It is incredibly clear and detailed. Dare I say it? Could it be close to the master tape? Yes it could be close to the master tape.
Let's just say I am happy with my purchase. BTW, the DSD version of "Chronic Town" sounds excellent too.
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Well I'm no expert on how to read these tests, as this is my second one. I ran the above test twice with two different settings. The one shown is using a setting recommended by Xivero to detect faked hi-res files.
My novice interpretation of this test result is that there is a distinct chance this is a 96kHz file upsampled to 192kHz, and what's worse, it appears that fake harmonics were added above 48kHz to give the appearance of a 192kHz file.
Other parameters show that this song, "Talk About the Passion," has no headroom. It is run at near clipping almost the entire time. Check out the history graph which is the one that looks like a radar screen. You can see the signal butts up against the red circle for almost the entire length of the song. The True Peak Level is 0.0! I think that means they used every available smidgeon of headroom. The Crest Factor is barely acceptable for a hi-res file.
Dynamic Range measures at 6.5db. Piss poor.
This album/file still sounds exceptionally good to me. The lack of DR is obvious upon listening. Maybe this just goes to show how bad they can screw up an album, and have it still sound good.
It's possible that you wouldn't miss anything if you bought the 24/96 version of this album.
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Here is the first, and general test done of this song. Something seemed funny about all the spectral content going up to 96kHz, which when factoring in the Nyquist Theorem comes out to 192kHz.-------------------------------------------------------------
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Edits: 09/20/15
Glad you posted this; I downloaded it some time ago, and it got swallowed up by my computer.
Sounds awesome.
Wish they'd do the same for Collapse Into Now . . . not that it sounds bad as is, but I'd love to hear it in 24/192.
on Pono "Collapse Into Now" is available as 44/24 for $15.00 Tempting no?
44/24 is at least a step up from 44/16, and sounds like it. Possibly not as much resolution as vinyl. YMMV
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Collapse Into Now was their last studio album, and it is very good IMO.
Wonder how they get the 24/44; I can find no info that it's ever been remastered.
I'm sure it wasn't remastered. It was probably recorded in 24/44 or close to it. You never know, because of course the record company doesn't tell you. Sometimes I think the companies want to control the high-res versions, and 24/44 is a way to release something that's not too good. I notice the new Bjork albums are in 24/44 download. I can't believe it was recorded in that format. Not these days.
One good thing. Pono has a guarantee that if the record companies ever release a higher res version, Pono will give it to you for free. That seems very fair, and only something you are likely to get when an enthusiast runs the company like Neil Young. If the bean counters were running it, you can bet you wouldn't. I bought some Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums in 24/44 from them thinking they might offer a 24/96 or better one day.
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Bummer about the file.
I've never heard Collapse Into Now. It goes on the list. Thanks.
For some reason your post made the '83 appearance on the David Lettermen show pop into my head, and I remembered it was the reason I bought this album. It blew me away in 1983. Now, not so much. I think they are lip synching. LOL. Linked below.
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I don't see or hear evidence of lip-synching.
It was just a guess.
That was back in the day when there was a "Radio Free Europe."
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