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The original Jaws 2 disc has excellent sound, even by today's standards. Probably one of the best sounding score CDs from that period. If it's been improved upon even more, and is accompanied by Jaws 3D (recently remastered and released by Intrada), perhaps that is a good sign Jaws 2 will come out on disc from them soon as well. Thank you for the heads up, djintrepid.
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No man! High res is more, right? So it's more resolution, and therefore more volume. More is better, ya dig!
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HDTracks needs to get the labels to submit better masters if they expect us to pay premium prices for these files. As The Projectionist mentioned, Jurassic Park suffered from the same problem. Pumping out 24/96 files of an excessively loud mastering intended for earbud or car consumption is not helpful. The fact is that 16 bits has more than enough dynamic range for any consumer consumption, as one can experience on the Brainstorm album.
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Both hi-res albums now also available for download at qobuz.com for some European countries. Now unless they sent back to the original Masters, it's highly likely someone just up sampled the same master VARESE and INTRADA used to 24bit 96K... Which means it's not going to sound all that much different in the first place. Ford A. Thaxton
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Yeah I'm tempted by Jaws 2 even though the contents are exactly the same as the Varese release. Also Geffens reissue of Jurrasic Park wasn't worth the hires release because the mastering was poorly done. Interesting. I just purchased JP from HDTracks and am amazed at the dynamic range. I'm hearing things that were buried in the CD and subsequent iTunes rip. Admittedly, I'm new to Hi Res audio, so I don't necessarily know what to listen for. Could you expand on your statement? What about the mastering was poorly done?
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Now unless they sent back to the original Masters, it's highly likely someone just up sampled the same master VARESE and INTRADA used to 24bit 96K... Which means it's not going to sound all that much different in the first place. Ford A. Thaxton Ford, are you saying the major labels take us soundtrack nerds for dummies?
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