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In Reply to: RE: Maybe -- BUT ..... posted by ahendler on December 30, 2016 at 23:24:38
For the most part, the downloads are the very same titles that are available on CD and/or SACD. I've found very few titles that are ONLY available as downloads. As I've pointed out however, sometimes the downloads allow one access to a hi-rez version of an album which is not available in hi-rez otherwise. I'd say that, in most cases, it's probably fair to extrapolate what's said about a hi-rez incarnation of a particular recording to a CD-rez incarnation (at least in the classical world).
As for surround sound, it's an important aspect of a recording to me, but, as far as the audio side of things is concerned, it's usually the case that if an album is available in surround, it's also available in 2-channel. The extrapolation of the sonic qualities of the recording might be a bit harder to make and to depend on in going from surround to 2-channel, but I do think it's a general indicator in most instances.
Also, I don't know if you had seen my previous reference to it (buried inside one of the other threads), but I finally DO have the Bychkov Mahler 3rd now. (I got it earlier this year.) I enjoyed it a lot - thanks for recommending it!
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My point was that hi-rez streaming seems to be a primary criterion for selecting recordings to recommend, rather than the music/performance. In other words, if a recording is hi-rez (esp streaming), it is more likely to be recommended (or even mentioned) than recordings that are available only as ordinary red book CD or low-rez. Which means that good music/performances that are not available in hi-rez (esp streaming) get overlooked.
Same deal with the pretty girls. If one goes back through the recommendations, one sees lots of recordings by pretty girls recommended (or sometimes not). Whereas there are far fewer recordings by guys recommended (or not mentioned). Are pretty girls better musicians than guys? Well, they are certainly more popular here.
As I said in my OP, the biases here are not critical issues for me, because we know what the biases are and can take them into consideration. It is the biases of industry reviewing sources that are much more suspect, because their biases are often not as apparent.
"Life without music is a mistake" (Nietzsche)
Do you have hard numbers to back that up?
ONE of my twelve or thirteen faves for 2016 was by a babe musician.
Regarding hi-rez streaming vs. "music/performance", I'm not among those who feel that a recording has to be ancient in order for the music and performance to excel. Yes, I'm drawn to multi-channel, hi-rez albums these days (personal preference, so what?). At the same time, I'll point out that a couple of my choices for 2016 are reissues of recordings from the late 50's (Paray/Saint-Saens) / early 60's (William Steinberg/Schubert).
It's too bad you (or others who may feel strongly about it) don't have the time to post about these excellent older recordings that are not available in hi-rez. In many (but certainly not all) cases, I'm familiar with these older recordings too. In fact, I'd guess that I'm more familiar with these older recordings than folks who complain about too much hi-rez on this forum are familiar with more modern recordings. Whatever.
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