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deckerm said:
I would like them to release the Rush SACDs they made about 3 years ago.
Amen!!! 2112, Moving Pictures....the list goes on and on...more Pink Floyd as well
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Post by Myrtone October 28, 2007 (22 of 248)
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I hope for The white Album, and Abbey Road by the Beatles
Much Beatles material (at least for the 1 compilation) has already been digital remastered and prosessed at 24 bit resolution (for that CD release it was mastered to 16 bit using Prism SNS noise shaping). So maybe DVD-A for that one.
But Leonard Cohen's analogue albums (albums originally recorded analoguely, which means all of his albums except the last two, Ten New Songs and Dear Heather) are something I would like to see on SACD, and I am not the only one who agrees, as evident from http://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=345
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Myrtone said:
Much Beatles material (at least for the 1 compilation) has already been digital remastered and prosessed at 24 bit resolution (for that CD release it was mastered to 16 bit using Prism SNS noise shaping). So maybe DVD-A for that one.
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So you are telling me that there is a beatles compilation on dvd audio???
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Post by Myrtone October 30, 2007 (24 of 248)
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Runkeldunk said:
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So you are telling me that there is a beatles compilation on dvd audio???
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You missed the point, I didn't say anything about it already existing (it probably doesn't, unfortunately), I said that it would be a good idea given that a 24 bit resolution digital master already exists (the chances are it still does), I know because a Beatles compilation was remastered this way (It had to be processed using Sonic Sound NoNoise software http://www.audio-ideas.com/reviews/cd-reviews/beatles1.html ), but for CD, it had to be mastered to 16 bit using Prism SNS noise shaping because the CD fromat cannot handle such large files, but the DVD format can, so if on DVD-A, then it could be a bit for bit transfer of the original masters, which means the copying process is in theory lossless (it does of course, come close enough in practice).
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Post by Verro18 October 30, 2007 (25 of 248)
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The next best thing to a Beatle compilation is the DVD-Audio soundtrack of Cirque du soleil's "LOVE" which countains some mash-up but also some complete Beatles songs in 5.1... Not as good as a SACD version would be but still...better than nothing...
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Post by Myrtone October 30, 2007 (26 of 248)
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Hey, it's better than SACD if the orginal masters are not DSD but 24 bit resoltuion, this way copying to DVD-A is basically copying a list of binary numbers (zeros and ones), which is in theory lossess*. But still, even in practice, when it comes to digitaly recorded music, copies of them offer greater sonic purity if they are bit for bit identical.
*I say 'in theory' because in actuality, bits are not just bits http://www.stereophile.com/features/396bits/ .
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Post by azure November 1, 2007 (27 of 248)
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Myrtone said:
Hey, it's better than SACD if the orginal masters are not DSD but 24 bit resoltuion, this way copying to DVD-A is basically copying a list of binary numbers (zeros and ones), which is in theory lossess*. But still, even in practice, when it comes to digitaly recorded music, copies of them offer greater sonic purity if they are bit for bit identical.
*I say 'in theory' because in actuality, bits are not just bits http://www.stereophile.com/features/396bits/ .
Yes, but the original masters of the Beatles catalog aren't digital--they are in analogue.
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Post by svafo November 1, 2007 (29 of 248)
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Steely Dan - All albums
Toto - all albums
Supertramp - Crime of the century
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life
Chaka Khan - Epiphany (best of)
Brenda Russel - Two eyes
Patty Austin - Every home should have one
Prefab Sprout - From Langley park to memphis
Mezzoforte - all albums
Michael McDonald - If that's what it takes
Bill Champlin - Runaway
Chicago - 17
Mr Mister - Welcome to the real world
Michael Franks - Passionfruit + Skin Dive
Cristopher Cross - s/t
Lee Ritenour - Rit
Al Jarreau - all albums
Level 42 - World Machine(1985) + all previous albums
Yes - "90125" + "Close to the edge"
Pages - s/t (1980)
Earth Wind & Fire - "I am" + "Faces"
Manhattan Transfer - "Mecca for moderns" + "Extensions"
Abba - all albums
Salem al Fakir
Eric Gadd
Valensia
Fiona Apple
Tears for Fears
Beatles
Frank Zappa
Alan Parsons
Toy Matinee
Chick corea electric band
Fourplay
Pink Floyd
(just to mention a few...)
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Post by Sigfred November 1, 2007 (30 of 248)
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Myrtone said:
Hey, it's better than SACD if the orginal masters are not DSD but 24 bit resoltuion, this way copying to DVD-A is basically copying a list of binary numbers (zeros and ones), which is in theory lossess*. But still, even in practice, when it comes to digitaly recorded music, copies of them offer greater sonic purity if they are bit for bit identical.
*I say 'in theory' because in actuality, bits are not just bits http://www.stereophile.com/features/396bits/ .
Copying of data from one digital media to another can today be done with very high reliability, depending on the actual digital media of course. So whether it is DSD or DVD-A does not matter in this context as it is just digital data. This has been the case for decades.
Copying can take a very long time, but in the end it can be verified that it is indeed a bit-for-bit copy.
In playback of audio the timely arrival of data (jitter is the deviation from timely, so to speak) is very important for audio quality and this is the issue of the Stereophile article. That said, jitter may not be as important as one may think:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=11716935#post11716935
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