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Is 25% of the Tidal/Spotify/Qbuz Catalogue tainted by audible watermarking?
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Posted on February 28, 2016 at 20:42:07 | ||
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Hi, Just came across this: Universal's Audible Watermark It would seem that ANY track for digital distribution supplied by UMG (said to be around 25% of the whole catalogue of on-line music, including downloads AND streaming) have been watermarked using a technology that is both extremely robust to stripping the watermark AND rather audible. Worse, is it possible that High-Rez downloads (DSD/24/96 and up) are equally treated? It is ok to protect IP and to watermark, but much less intrusive technologies exist than the one used here. What is the point of paying a premium if one in 4 tracks is crippled by watermarking that creates badly audible artifacts on 64k MP3? If so, I suggest anyone subscribing to supposedly "high quality" services or downloads who can find examples complains to the providers and requests a clean copy or money back. Thor At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need? |
What should I listen for? Never heard any glitches that I'm aware of. nt, posted on February 29, 2016 at 09:35:08 | |
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AND Downloads. Not that I've heard any problems with my Downloads. nt, posted on February 29, 2016 at 10:22:52 | |
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Yup, you got THAT right!! nt, posted on February 29, 2016 at 13:32:26 | |
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Why do you Torment me so...??? Can't you see I'm, posted on February 29, 2016 at 16:39:50 | |
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A couple 'a' them Sniffers and my trusty Fixin' Hammer, posted on February 29, 2016 at 16:42:59 | |
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Fix anything. Fix it Good... |
Read the article from the original post..., posted on February 29, 2016 at 17:24:58 | |
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...or perhaps better not. Universal's Audible Watermark Thor At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need? |
No, this one, posted on March 2, 2016 at 18:06:49 | |
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It's this one: |
RE: No, this one, posted on March 2, 2016 at 18:33:03 | |
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This one sounds much better, no 'flutter': |
RE: However the original author claimed..., posted on March 3, 2016 at 05:00:49 | |
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Listening to that on Spotify, I don't hear any warbling either. |