The Dark Side; Digital audio equipment recommendations and setup.

mdmost said:
Usually under the recording info, they put what it was sourced from. They aren't specific about the release that it was sourced from but I would imagine this has to be somewhat above board or it would've already been shut down by Sony. This is the one for Kind of Blue.

Recording Info: Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City,
On March 2, 1959 (#1-3) And April 22, 1959 (#4 & 5)
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
Analog: Transferred using a modified Studer 810 tape deck feeding a Merrill Tape Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by a Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for analog components
Shunyata Research Triton and Typhon for digital components
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Yea--I don't think they are getting tapes from Sony, for example. But would be surprised if they aren't doing some kind of official licensing from the majors for these.
 
Jbraswell said:
I bought a Bill Evans a while back.
I would be interested to see how they stack up against the Qobuz DSD out now.

I can't play native DSD anyway so I'm out buying anything.
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I’ve purchased a few records from them. The DSD files sound really good. I would say better than Qobuz (via Roon) in my setup. But I think this may have more to do with the files being stored locally on my EverSolo A8 than the streaming as other files a play directly from SSD sound better than streaming as well.
 
mindhead1 said:
I’ve purchased a few records from them. The DSD files sound really good. I would say better than Qobuz (via Roon) in my setup. But I think this may have more to do with the files being stored locally on my EverSolo A8 than the streaming as other files a play directly from SSD sound better than streaming as well.
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I was referring to the new DSD sold by Qobuz.
Have you seen these?
I would believe they are from the label or authorized mastering house.
 
Jbraswell said:
There's a mix. Fairly limited selection so far.

www.qobuz.com

for albums to download in True CD Quality (Lossless), 24-Bit Hi-Res - Qobuz

Qobuz is the world leader in 24-bit Hi-Res downloads, offering more than 100 million tracks for streaming in unequalled sound quality 24-Bit Hi-Res
www.qobuz.com www.qobuz.com
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Yea the DSD is better than DXD and selection is fairly limited. Seems weird they have no details on the file either. A DSD64 of midnight blue is $32 unless you up your subscription tier to the top one
 
MikeH said:
Yea the DSD is better than DXD and selection is fairly limited. Seems weird they have no details on the file either. A DSD64 of midnight blue is $32 unless you up your subscription tier to the top one
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I don't even think my DAC can handle DXD.
Seems like an outlier.


Edit: I guess it's PCM 24/352.8 with a fancy name.
 
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I'd imagine most of the DSD from Qobuz are either the same DSD files used in SACD releases or something that was in the vault but never released. Capitol Records only did a few Sinatra SACD releases but there are titles in there that were never SACD releases. I'd imagine some were converting master tapes to DSD for archival purposes. That's what a lot of Columbia/Sony stuff probably is since master tapes are deteriorating with age and overuse (Kind of Blue).

On the vault files idea, I remember back when SACD was still alive, titles that were announced but never released like Hot Fuss from The Killers. So either they never worked on it or those files are tucked away somewhere. A real shame because it was going to be a 5.1 release.
 
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MikeH said:
Yea the DSD is better than DXD and selection is fairly limited. Seems weird they have no details on the file either. A DSD64 of midnight blue is $32 unless you up your subscription tier to the top one
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Isn’t DXD just a file container for DSD media? Much like FLAC/ALAC/WAV etc on the PCM side?
 
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