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Ravel Orchestral Works on the Tacet label - more delusion on SA-CD.net

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on November 22, 2013 at 15:06:52

Although we have our share of crazed, delusionary inmates here on the asylum (I proudly count myself among them!), I still think we have some way to go before we can match the levels of delusion regularly encountered on the SA-CD.net site. The latest case involves the recent Tacet recording listed above - available in two formats, SACD and blu-ray audio. As with the study of wine tasters who reported that a given wine tasted better the more expensive they thought it was, there are certain listeners who will swear DSD always sounds better than PCM regardless of the actual facts connected with the recording.

There has been some discussion on SA-CD.net's Tacet thread about the recording shown above, and I was interested to read the following comments:

• "I've played quite a bit. . . in orchestras and this is the first time during playback of a recording, I felt as though I was sitting in the middle of the orchestra during it's performance. That's quite eerie, as I'm well aware of how that actually sounds."
  
• "this SA-CD is definitely from a DSD master"
  
• "'La Valse' has the sonic signature of DSD all over it, especially in the sound of massed strings. I believe I must have listened to that piece four or five times consecutively, and that is the impression I get from it. . . where there's smoke, there's usually fire."

Despite all the smoke, there's one way to find out for sure, and that's to contact the CEO of Tacet, Andreas Spreer. I did just that a couple of days ago, indicating that I was undecided as to whether to purchase the SACD or the blu-ray audio, and asking if he could tell me the format of the master for this recording to help me decide. I just got Herr Spreer's reply earlier today: the master is 24/96 PCM. Oops!

I just ordered the blu-ray from JPC and am eagerly awaiting the DSD signature sound of the massed strings! ;-)

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