Raising Sand

Steve,

Its a good job you dont want the vinyl, It costs a arm and a leg now.

Sorry i cant help with the best SQ CD to buy.

I have only heard the original vinyl album pressings.

That said they sound brilliant so the original CDs should.

Stu

Sorry regarding a arm and leg,I was thinking off this album for some reason..

The rest of the post stands though regarding Raising Sand the vinyl.

My son ran over my original promo cd on his truck.

I never bothered getting another copy as it was not my mug of tea.

Stu

Rounder released the album in the USA and, at the time of release, Rounder was distributed by Decca in the rest of the world.  Hence the different release labels.  Initially it was only released in digipak packaging but a jewel-case version was also released.  There should be no difference in SQ between them, although I can't comment on plant pressing differences.

The big difference is in the vinyl.  The first release is a shocker and it was subsequently redone and as significantly better.

Cheers Stu and King Size.  I will be honest, I was tempted to title the Post " A Question for Gale 401".  Thanks for the input guys, I shall just get on with ordering it.  Getting a double Canned Heat CD at the same time.

Steve T

Steve,

No sign of a streamer in your equipment, so this may mean nothing to you;

It is available as a 24/96 download from HDTracks.

Got to admit I've never heard it though.

Frizzlefry!

I have got a QNAPS412 up and running ready to take the plunge!  As I alluded in a post elsewhere on the Forum I am rather anal and have got every LP I have ever bought despite not having the means to pay them.  I will also keep all my CDs when I eventually get round to ripping them.  Not sure I will be able to cope without having something tangible to hold to reassure myself that I have legitimately purchased the said piece of music.  But thanks for the advice all the same.  One step at a time......

Steve T

I totally agree.

I just won't be able to hit the button on the Rush 24/96 downloads, over $250, and have 'nothing' to show for it. There is no answer for collectors and audiophiles. Buy the nice 'flight case' boxset at CD quality, or own 'nothing' but listen in great sound quality. I want a DVD-A boxset to be able to own something, yet listen in high quality once ripped.

Both 'The Doors' and 'Talking Heads' got it right, a boxset with both the CD and a DVD-A of each album. So Warner look to be on the right track, even if they don't know left from right (Waiting For The Sun [album])

Steve,

If you are tempted by the HDTracks offering look here:

http://www.computeraudiophile....las-reference-thread

Their verdict: Compressed, but not frequency limited.

That is, there is the full width up to 48KHz, but the waveform is chopped.

Unfortunately the chap who posted the analysis didn't bother to say what the file sounded like. Personally I have found such files to be no great step up from CD.

Martin

Martin,

I feel that way about most of the HD tracks i have tried.NOT WORTH BOTHERING WITH.

I can still live with a good original CD or CD Ripppppppppppppp.

If all else fails one could try Wales?but as they dont make a good fruit box Scotland will always be my first port of call.

Stu.

Hi Stu,

Many people on CA agree with you, but there appear to be some goodun's.

Interesting to follow some of the discussions on SACDs that have been back converted to PCM, and lost high end detail.

I actually think CDs rip brilliantly, and prefer CDs rips to a number of the 'HiDef' files I have.

M