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In Reply to: RE: Jeff Buckley Grace Pono Remaster posted by DSG on October 26, 2015 at 13:36:35
Nobody wants to be ripped off. That's one reason I'm posting these tests, but I'm not saving anybody any money, because I haven't found an upsampled fake yet. I have been pointed to one song on one album that was an upsampled fake, but that was on an album that was recorded over six years in several different places by a guy who could be elected The Slacker King. He has my vote anyway.
To me that makes your Jeff Buckley album a decent bet.
I won't even go into how the whole high-end thing is one big gamble with your money. Sending some internet unknown a couple of thousand bucks for a tube amp that you hope sounds better than the one you have.
Here are some of my tips on buying from Pono. The Grace album you want must have just been released, because they are asking top dollar for it, $25. I also notice they are offering it in 24/192 and 24/96. They say they have gone to a policy of only selling the highest res of any album offered, but I think you see this on new releases, because they ask the premium price. I think you will see the 24/96 version of this Buckley album taken down after a while.
So let's take Graceland for an example. It was released maybe two months ago in 24/96 for $22. I said no way, they will drop the price soon. Last week it was the featured album of the week, and was on sale for $13. Yoink.
Pono just added the new Elvis Costello releases this week, and two are on sale for $16. Also yoinked. I will give it to Pono, they always have 20 or 30 albums on sale, and they rotate the weekly. That's more money than I got.
Just wait six weeks on your Buckley album, and in that time save $17 for your next high end audio adventure.
You can also find deals at Acoustic Sounds by stalking and on holidays.
One last tip. Always spend the extra three dollars to get the 24/192. It gets you where you want to go.
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I very much appreciate your advise and thank you for taking the time and effort to give it. I read your comments about the tests you do on various high resolution music releases and based upon your analysis of Yes' Fragile, another one of my favorites, that will be one of my next music purchases. Ok, I will wait for it to go on sale; the album was released decades ago so I can wait a bit longer to get a better sounding digital version.
Edits: 10/27/15 10/27/15
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