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Agree: exceptional sound -- just downloaded today

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In Reply to: RE: Shostakovich Quartets by Pacifica in hi-rez posted by maxim on June 29, 2013 at 08:49:39

I went for The Soviet Experience, Vol III that includes Shostakovich's 9th thru 12th plus Weinberg's 6th. The hi-rez sound is resolved, transparent, and palpable as hi-rez ought to be but isn't always. The perspective is moderately close up with a little hall reverberation; instruments are a little forward, especially the cello; the soundstage isn't deep however -- these latter are more aspects of recording then hi-rez, I'd say.

I had 2-3 other Pacifica Quartet recordings so I didn't feel I was risking much on performance quality -- very solid compared to the several other versions of the Shostakovich quartets that I have. I haven't listen to the Wienberg yet.

A couple of beefs though. Most of the tracks are comprised of two or more movements of the various works and there is no CUE file to separate them -- this is gratuitous and annoying. Also, the metadata tags are very incomplete and I had to add or change them to my own satisfaction.

I love the music of ... ... Franz Joseph Haydn

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Hi-Rez? - Kal Rubinson 05:57:26 06/30/13 (6)
"The hi-rez sound is resolved, transparent, and palpable as hi-rez ought to be but isn't always. "
The website says that the FLAC files are 24bit but does not specify the sampling frequency.

Edits: 06/30/13
- (Sampling Frequency) [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 09:46:27 06/30/13 (1)
  - Noted [nt] ;-) - Kal Rubinson 10:28:52 06/30/13 (0)
- RE: Hi-Rez? - maxim 06:54:39 06/30/13 (1)
  Kal,
  
  Vol 1 is 24/44.1
  
  Vol 2 is mostly 24/96; 4 tracks are 24/44.1
  
  Vol 3 is 24/96.
  
  maxim
  - Thanks. - Kal Rubinson 08:45:51 06/30/13 (0)
    I could not find the information on their website.
- The files I down loaded were 96,000 kHz (nt) - Feanor 06:36:06 06/30/13 (1)
  nt
  
  I love the music of ... ... Franz Joseph Haydn
  - Cedille responded to my query. - Kal Rubinson 15:02:16 07/02/13 (0)
    "We began distributing FLAC files at 44.1 kHz. Now, they are at 96 kHz. Using our CD number system, CDRs 001 - 129 and 131 have the sample rate of 44.1 kHz. 130 - 141 (except 131) are at 96 kHz."
Beefs - maxim 20:38:06 06/29/13 (1)
Rest assured that vol 1 and 2 have all the tracks properly separated and metadata is OK too. Smth happened with vol 3 apparently.

But some recordings are 24/44.1; not 24/96.
- Not so! - riboge 05:33:29 06/30/13 (0)
  The last 2 movements of Quartets 3 and 4 on vol II are provided in one combined file.

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