kap'n krunch
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Last night I couldn't help comparing the software decode I did a few years ago of Chicago X to the actual discrete BluRay mix.
I have been comparing some homebrewed conversions to the discrete counterparts in SACD (HH's Thrust) and BD, and found out these basic differences:
No, it will never decode PERFECTLY,
BUT,
it's a VERY close approximation of the discrete mix.
You WILL get the "featured instruments" in the correct "corner", but there will always be some "bleeding", especially drums and bass, be them Fr to Re or vice versa.
In a way, it is quite "twisted" of me to say that I enjoy conversions very much because the "bleeding/crosstalk" will make a GREAT "bubble" as opposed to the TOTAL separation of the instruments between channels in their discrete form.
Still, a good conversion (I use Lucanu's scripts) sounds VERY good, and the other point I always make , is that Q8s, even though they are totally discrete, are really "lo-fi" compared to the full spectrum SQ (or QS) LPs...that is, unless you can get your hands on a "Robin reel"!!!!
This is as far as I can take it cause , even though I know my stuff, I still can't come up with a real answer and a perfect "decode" for SQ. My guess is that in the not so far future, someone will finally come up with a "LASER SCANNING" turntable , which would replace a stylus (I'm positive that it probably exists cause it'd be "old technology" by now-and yes, I'm aware of the $10K Japanese one, but its output is only limited to 20K, which is the same setback that I find from the "Surround Master" converter), so that the info on the groove can be manipulated and converted with the correct adjustments, but also we'd have to tale into consideration the ENCODING of the signals...
As it is , my Chicago X conversion sounds VERY good and it could give the BD a run for its money, but I'm definitely a fan of the BD version...curiously enough I remember that I slightly EQ'd and compressed my LP after converting it in the authoring stage, along with some Apogee UV22 dithering, and it comes VERY close to the sound quality of the BD....
I have been comparing some homebrewed conversions to the discrete counterparts in SACD (HH's Thrust) and BD, and found out these basic differences:
No, it will never decode PERFECTLY,
BUT,
it's a VERY close approximation of the discrete mix.
You WILL get the "featured instruments" in the correct "corner", but there will always be some "bleeding", especially drums and bass, be them Fr to Re or vice versa.
In a way, it is quite "twisted" of me to say that I enjoy conversions very much because the "bleeding/crosstalk" will make a GREAT "bubble" as opposed to the TOTAL separation of the instruments between channels in their discrete form.
Still, a good conversion (I use Lucanu's scripts) sounds VERY good, and the other point I always make , is that Q8s, even though they are totally discrete, are really "lo-fi" compared to the full spectrum SQ (or QS) LPs...that is, unless you can get your hands on a "Robin reel"!!!!
This is as far as I can take it cause , even though I know my stuff, I still can't come up with a real answer and a perfect "decode" for SQ. My guess is that in the not so far future, someone will finally come up with a "LASER SCANNING" turntable , which would replace a stylus (I'm positive that it probably exists cause it'd be "old technology" by now-and yes, I'm aware of the $10K Japanese one, but its output is only limited to 20K, which is the same setback that I find from the "Surround Master" converter), so that the info on the groove can be manipulated and converted with the correct adjustments, but also we'd have to tale into consideration the ENCODING of the signals...
As it is , my Chicago X conversion sounds VERY good and it could give the BD a run for its money, but I'm definitely a fan of the BD version...curiously enough I remember that I slightly EQ'd and compressed my LP after converting it in the authoring stage, along with some Apogee UV22 dithering, and it comes VERY close to the sound quality of the BD....