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In Reply to: Naxos recordings are sonically a mixed bag; Any way to guess which releases don't have treble glare posted by Nieustevea@msn.com on March 13, 2007 at 10:21:14:

It's a sign that they at least paid close attention to the making of the recording. The other tip is to only buy Naxos from 1995 and later. It's not a "hard and fast rule", but it WILL keep you away from the majority of their lower quality recordings, since they've gotten better over time.

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Re: Look for 20/24 Bit on the label... - Todd Krieger 03:27:55 03/14/07 (3)
"It's a sign that they at least paid close attention to the making of the recording."
I would have thought they would have slacked even further, under the notion that the "24-bit master" on the label would sell itself. Not to mention more potential sales with a future re-release.
- So you're saying... - SE 05:09:45 03/14/07 (2)
  That you consider the use of newer/higher quality recording technology to be an overt indication of LOWER QUALITY recordings? Or, are you saying that they are "trying to get one over" on consumers? I mean, BOTH are possible, but have rarely been the case in my experience. Recordings that state 20/24 bit on the label ARE usually better sounding -- again, in my actual experience. I mean, we COULD just offer up opinions based upon conceptual speculation -- or brand the whole thing as crap due to Digital Disease (the root cause of EVERYTHING right)? It's all a digital conspiracy to you, I suppose.
  - I Was Playing Devil's Advocate..... - Todd Krieger 23:12:13 03/15/07 (1)
    Unless there is a more-effective dither application by means of 24-bit masters, the CD is always 16 bits, and the sonic benefits of a higher-rez master are at best marginal.
    As long as the dither is applied to minimize losses when truncating the data, the resolution of the master doesn't really make much difference. As long as it's never worse than the media itself during any part of the process.
    - OK...it didn't read that way. n/t - SE 07:44:55 03/16/07 (0)
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The same holds true on ALL labels, BTW. n/t - SE 15:39:33 03/13/07 (0)
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