KC surround in 24/96. That will be super!For the next releases, we will be using 96k for the 2010 stereo & surround mixes
KC surround in 24/96. That will be super!For the next releases, we will be using 96k for the 2010 stereo & surround mixes
I think I've seen your plots, a lot of noise even below 20k for SACD, wasn't there?...the reality is that it will be aliasing, or related, and nasty.
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When you have got a single track from each, right click any event from the SACD streams (or all of them) & get the spectrum plot from the "Audio" context menu, and the statistics report.
Repeat for the DTS-DVD stream.
Hi Guys.
. . . 96 or 48 is a contentious thing at the best of times. It is certainly true that for some people 96k sounds better than 48k.
What we need to ask ourselves is why this is. It certainly has nothing to do with extended frequency response . . .
Hmmmm...very interesting, then...
So...
if basically most of the gear up until the 90's(?) did not go beyond 20K, then it's a real mystery to me. ( I always thought that even in the 50's microphones like the Neumanns could pick up sounds up to 30K at least,same with the mixing consoles, all the way to the studers or other hi end 2 tracks
What are we hearing then?
Let's see..
1960's -all recording equipment goes up to only 20K. How was it then that they were boistering that vinyl goes up to 45K; what were they recording? sine waves? , music playback at twice the speed?
If it IS a trickle down theory-which is very valid , where does it start?, the original sound recorded at a <20K that keeps the properties all the way to the recorded medium until it's played back??
If this were the case , then CDs would sound the same as LPs and DVDV-As, even if the CD goes all the way to 20K on playback, and DVD-As go all the way up to 48K...since, if this were the case , the CD still retains the trickle down harmonics.
I am slowly becoming aware that SACDs don't have any info above 22K (they still sound better than CDs)as Neil pointed out, it's mostly digital noise. I have also become aware that vinyl, on the other hand, ADDS harmonics (or HF noise or both), so now my world has been seriously rocked (that is cause I believe Neil when he speaks)....
MAJOR @:@:@:....
ahh but I guess it all must have a reasonable answer....42!!!
So - is CD "better" than vinyl? Probably not, but this does not make vinyl better than CD either.
The problem with CD is that they are badly made, and 16 bits is simply not sufficient to get all the subtleties of a good recording captured properly.
That doesn't follow. 16 bits can capture the entire dynamic range of even the quietest LP -- and with dither and noise shaping, well beyond that. And while an LP *can* carry frequencies >20kHz, consider what the level of the musical signal is at those frequencies, as well as the level of distortion. And that's just what's scribed onto the vinyl, not counting the responses and noise of the tt/cart and phono preamp. It stands to reason that one could rather easily capture the usable and audible output of a vinyl playback fully at Redbook rates -- though if one needs to do declicking or other digital processing, recording at 24 bits and then dithering down later to 16 bits provides peace of mind.So CD can never sound the same as vinyl, and DVDA should not sound the same as CD - unless it was authored using 16/44.1 files, of course.
Possibly old news, but got the announcement from amazon today for preorder for both Islands & ITWOP .
$22.99 each CD+DVD-A
vinylguy4
Just pre-ordered thru Burning Shed as I have will all previous releases. It is my belief that they get a larger take this way.
These are priced in the $16 range, with shipping it was $45 all told.
Just pre-ordered thru Burning Shed as I have will all previous releases. It is my belief that they get a larger take this way.
These are priced in the $16 range, with shipping it was $45 all told.
Poseidon is very much Court part II (even mr Fripp himself has said so). Islands I cannot say much about since I have only listened to it once, and not liked.Can any KC aficionados educate us on how these albums compare musically with the three already released? I confess to not being too familiar with the group.
Thanks!
Can any KC aficionados educate us on how these albums compare musically with the three already released? I confess to not being too familiar with the group.
Thanks!
Well looks like its not to long to wait to hear the next batch as just got confirmation for one of my orders from Burning Shed so looks like they will be shipping to all preorders now.
The following items have been sent:
1 x King Crimson - Islands - 40th Anniversary Edition (CD/DVDA preorder)
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