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Downloads and Surround

Posted by Chris from Lafayette on December 31, 2016 at 00:21:45:
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!