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I will only buy hi-res downloads. 24 bit, 96kHz or higher ripped from the original tapes (when from analog recordings - there has been a time that all we have is 16 Bit 44.1kHz and it won’t get any better because it has been recorded that way, unfortunately).
Intrada has taken the first step with Inchon. I believe this is the future.
I will never buy lossy files. Ever.
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New batch of Varese releases now available for digital purchase:
https://twitter.com/VareseSarabande/status/1379122995474489344
Question for those who've bit in the past: if you purchase directly from Varese or through iTunes, does it come with a digital version of the booklet/liner notes?
nice but we don't have these up here yet in Canada.
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nice but we don't have these up here yet in Canada.
Actually, we do! Try https://ca.7digital.com for the CD-quality versions.
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Woo, three CDs I didn't buy that I can now download from Qobuz. Even better, I can remove the previous non-deluxe CD versions from my shelf and sell/donate those.
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Grateful especially for Looney Tunes Back in Action. I'm not much for that kind of antic all-over-the-place music, however expertly done, but now I can hear it in full - or in small doses - without having to invest in something I don't really want.
On the other hand, not bothered at all about buying the Goldsmith thriller deluxe editions - those are go to's for me, so happy to show support for Varese on the items I care about most.
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Went to add some of these titles to my Apple Music library and finding they are no longer available to add. Is anyone else having this issue??
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I’m finding the whole thing confusing. Varese is releasing everyone of these albums in Lossless format including ALAC. Yet when you look on iTunes there’s no indication that these albums are in lossless format. They don’t have the Hi-Res or Lossless designation. Does that mean iTunes hasn’t caught up labeling, Varese hasn’t caught up uploading them to iTunes, or Varese will sell all the Hi-Res lossless exclusively on their site?
It's possible that the audio files are hi-res filetypes, but the music within is no different than the great sound you get from your CD (if you have one, and if it's always been out of your reach, then what a great thing this is!). Perhaps Itunes is verifying the audio itself, not just the kinds of files being provided, and are making sure that you know what you're getting by not calling the audio something it isn't. That's just a guess, but it would put Itunes above the pack on the integrity scale.
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Sep 11, 2021 - 7:25 PM
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Fair enough, but there are varying degrees of FLAC encoding and although the final result is a perfect copy of the original I still don't like the term "uncompressed" or "lossless" (or "hi res") because it's more a marketing term than an accurate description of how the algorithm works.
Agree. “Uncompressed” and “lossless” refer generally to how the audio is encoded, but not what the sampling rate or bit depth actually are. You can have uncompressed 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, and so on, at any sampling rate. And you can losslessly compress that audio using FLAC.
“Hi-res”, however, comes with some expectations regarding the sampling rate and bit depth, namely that the audio is encoded at:
A bit depth of 16-bit with a sampling rate above 44.1 kHz, or
A bit depth above 16-bit with a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz or above.
In other words, either the bit depth must be above 16-bit or the sampling rate must be above 44.1 kHz, or both.
Varese seems to be using “hi-res” to mean uncompressed or lossless CD-quality files, which is an incorrect usage. You can have hi-res uncompressed or lossless files, but uncompressed or lossless files are not all hi-res by default.
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Sep 11, 2021 - 10:04 PM
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EdG
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Agree. “Uncompressed” and “lossless” refer generally to how the audio is encoded, but not what the sampling rate or bit depth actually are. You can have uncompressed 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit, and so on, at any sampling rate. And you can losslessly compress that audio using FLAC.
“Hi-res”, however, comes with some expectations regarding the sampling rate and bit depth, namely that the audio is encoded at:
A bit depth of 16-bit with a sampling rate above 44.1 kHz, or
A bit depth above 16-bit with a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz or above.
In other words, either the bit depth must be above 16-bit or the sampling rate must be above 44.1 kHz, or both.
Varese seems to be using “hi-res” to mean uncompressed or lossless CD-quality files, which is an incorrect usage. You can have hi-res uncompressed or lossless files, but uncompressed or lossless files are not all hi-res by default.
All excellent points.
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