The long-awaited downloads store from PentaTone Music is now available. It features downloadable versions of some of their top albums in 3 formats:
To sweeten the launch announcement, PentaTone is offering a 5 Euro discount on all downloads from the site through the end of April. Use the offer code PENTAGIFT at checkout to get the discount.
On the Multichannel files, in the FLAC format you are asked to select either the Stereo or Surround edition. For the DSD format, you get both Stereo and Surround Sound in the same download in the form of an ISO image file. You can either play the ISO file directly (using a program like JRiver Media Center), or you can create individual DSF or DFF files for each track with an app like ISO2DSD - a popular donation-ware program for Windows and Mac from Sonore. (See http://www.sonore.us/apps2.html)
The downloads section is still being enhanced. So the initial downloads can take quite a long time. They also have yet to post a list of the downloadable titles. So you do have to search through the site to find them. But like their Hybrid Multichannel SACDs, the music and surround is excellent! Definitely worth the adventure.
http://www.pentatonemusic.com/pentagift
- High Quality (WAV format)
- Premium Quality (FLAC, Stereo or Surround)
- Master Quality (DSD, Stereo and Surround)
To sweeten the launch announcement, PentaTone is offering a 5 Euro discount on all downloads from the site through the end of April. Use the offer code PENTAGIFT at checkout to get the discount.
On the Multichannel files, in the FLAC format you are asked to select either the Stereo or Surround edition. For the DSD format, you get both Stereo and Surround Sound in the same download in the form of an ISO image file. You can either play the ISO file directly (using a program like JRiver Media Center), or you can create individual DSF or DFF files for each track with an app like ISO2DSD - a popular donation-ware program for Windows and Mac from Sonore. (See http://www.sonore.us/apps2.html)
The downloads section is still being enhanced. So the initial downloads can take quite a long time. They also have yet to post a list of the downloadable titles. So you do have to search through the site to find them. But like their Hybrid Multichannel SACDs, the music and surround is excellent! Definitely worth the adventure.
http://www.pentatonemusic.com/pentagift