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2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Thanks to some great members in here, I was warned that this SACD was compressed to high hell, thanks to a Japanese engineer who, either has no place in the industry , or was pressured by someone (who has no place in the industry, yet, is there) to kill this LP with totally unnecessary brickwalling.
I got this SACD because I found out that the HD Tracks version was sourced from a CD master in spite of selling it as 96/24, AND it was brickwalled...
Thankfully the SACD is NOT cut off at 20-22K ...proof below...looks VERY much like my UK LP rip
but it is brickwalled. Proof below......captured through my MOTU at 96/24...
So , in my neverending optimism, I decided that , if I paid more than $30 for the SACD, which , BTW has the same packaging as the Japanese CBS quads (7 inch LP replicas like Miles´ BBRew, etc), I´d try my best to convert it into a non ear fatiguing experience.
I tried the Logic Pro Expander but somehow, either it really is no solution or my engineering knowledge has diminished a lot (which I wouldn´t rule out) but one trait still remains; try it as many times as possible and with all kinds of different settings...which I did with no success...
Enter a great member of the community who informed me that I should use the "De-clip" feature in Izotope RX , which fortunately I have...
And, whaddayaknow???? IT WOIKED, Moe!!!!
The settings were the "Extreme Analog Clipping" factory preset. I selected a bit of the offending brickwalled mess for it to take as example (or use the "suggest" button) and I selected the whole thing and less than 2 minutes later, it was done ...man, this Mac Mini is FAST!!!!... (see the above capture)
AND this was the lovely end result...definitely a much better listening experience---a splendid time is guaranteed for all!!!
I guess that having Izotope RX in your arsenal is highly recommendable..and I think I got it quite cheap too...
Cheers..
I got this SACD because I found out that the HD Tracks version was sourced from a CD master in spite of selling it as 96/24, AND it was brickwalled...
Thankfully the SACD is NOT cut off at 20-22K ...proof below...looks VERY much like my UK LP rip
but it is brickwalled. Proof below......captured through my MOTU at 96/24...
So , in my neverending optimism, I decided that , if I paid more than $30 for the SACD, which , BTW has the same packaging as the Japanese CBS quads (7 inch LP replicas like Miles´ BBRew, etc), I´d try my best to convert it into a non ear fatiguing experience.
I tried the Logic Pro Expander but somehow, either it really is no solution or my engineering knowledge has diminished a lot (which I wouldn´t rule out) but one trait still remains; try it as many times as possible and with all kinds of different settings...which I did with no success...
Enter a great member of the community who informed me that I should use the "De-clip" feature in Izotope RX , which fortunately I have...
And, whaddayaknow???? IT WOIKED, Moe!!!!
The settings were the "Extreme Analog Clipping" factory preset. I selected a bit of the offending brickwalled mess for it to take as example (or use the "suggest" button) and I selected the whole thing and less than 2 minutes later, it was done ...man, this Mac Mini is FAST!!!!... (see the above capture)
AND this was the lovely end result...definitely a much better listening experience---a splendid time is guaranteed for all!!!
I guess that having Izotope RX in your arsenal is highly recommendable..and I think I got it quite cheap too...
Cheers..