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In Reply to: Thanks, but.... posted by LNeilB on December 27, 2004 at 11:38:22:
...the Alison Krauss recording I have isn't even listed.Which one do you have? The "Live" release is a DSD recording, and is listed as such on the website. I believe the other AK releases are PCM-sourced.
I'm not a fan of classical, which dominates the list.
Classical dominates the list because classical releases dominate SACD. If you're not a classical fan, you're going to find that the selection available to you is limited. In addition, a quite a few of the non-classical releases are PCM-sourced.
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...the Alison Krauss recording I have isn't even listed.Which one do you have?
Forget About It - on the Rounder label. It is in fact DSD.I guess I'm SOL as a fan of pop and Jazz. But browsing the SACD aisles at the big music chains is more fun than it used to be.....
Forget About It - on the Rounder label. It is in fact DSD.According to Stereophile tests, it is a 48khz PCM recording.
I guess I'm SOL as a fan of pop and Jazz.
You liked the Alison Krauss recording when you believed it was DSD - now that you know it's PCM, do you suddenly hate it? If you limit yourself to DSD-recorded SACDs, you'll be SOL for sure, even if you liked classical as well. IMO such a limitation is foolish - the quality of the recording and the quality of the DSD transfer are much more important than whether the original recording was DSD, PCM, or analog.
"Forget About It - on the Rounder label. It is in fact DSD.
According to Stereophile tests, it is a 48khz PCM recording."Well, I guess that make Rounder a bunch of liars. Check the SACD jacket!
"You liked the Alison Krauss recording when you believed it was DSD - now that you know it's PCM, do you suddenly hate it? "
Hell no! I assumed that some of the wonderful quality of this recording could be attributed to DSD. I am actually happy to know that may not be the case. It offers me encouragement that non-DSD SACDs have the potential to sound this good.
But let me ask you this - why the hell would Rounder put a DSD label on a non DSD disc? Are you sure Stereophile didn't make some error?
....but not me. I just pulled out the disc itself which is stamped DSD. Go figure.....
http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=formats.php&format_id=5
regardless of original source.
Thanks for the education!
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