What is the latest music you downloaded, what resolution and from where?

al9315 posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

Qobuz 16/44.1

 

Is this one worth a punt? - I do not have Tidal

Thanks

Yes good, like many of the albums of criss cross, while also a house sound emerges like with ecm if you have a lot of the albums...

Qobuz 24/96

Qobuz 24/96

Qobuz 24/192

Qobuz 16/44.1

Hdtracks 24/88.2

Hdtracks 24/44.1

Hdtracks 24/96

Prostudio masters 24/96

Highresaudio 24/96

Prostudio masters 24/48

Bert Schurink posted:

Prostudio masters 24/96

 

A recommendation from your side?

ragman posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

Prostudio masters 24/96

 

A recommendation from your side?

In a way yes - in the ensemble playing there is some very nice highlights. The playing varies constantly between a solo and then floating into the ensemble playing, the solos while not bad are for me the lesser interesting part. But as said the ensemble playing is superb...

Qobuz 16/44.1

Monteverdi.co.uk

Flac 24 / 96

Question: I was about to do my first (ever!) music-file download; MQA (Onkyo Music) - 24/96 (FLAC) file. No other file options were avaialble.

Recent comparisons of file formats clearly revealed (to me) WAV the superior format.

Onkyo Music rep. suggested I find/ use a program to convert the FLAC (using format of choice) to WAV ? Knowing nothing about how this works, or more importantly if going from FLAC 'container' to WAV can even be faithfully (bit-for-bit) accomplished, I know not.

Anyone out there with answers ?

Thanks,

pj 

allhifi posted:

Question: I was about to do my first (ever!) music-file download; MQA (Onkyo Music) - 24/96 (FLAC) file. No other file options were avaialble.

Recent comparisons of file formats clearly revealed (to me) WAV the superior format.

Onkyo Music rep. suggested I find/ use a program to convert the FLAC (using format of choice) to WAV ? Knowing nothing about how this works, or more importantly if going from FLAC 'container' to WAV can even be faithfully (bit-for-bit) accomplished, I know not.

Anyone out there with answers ?

Thanks,

pj 

 

 

Hi Pj,

FLAC is a lossless format. So you can convert this to another format (such as wav) with out losing any information.

Whether you need software to convert from flac to wav depends on your set up. If you have a NAS for instance than you can probably configure the NAS to convert the FLAC on the fly to wav. 

If you post this question in the streaming audio section, you will probably receive more response.

Regards, Jeroen.

Hi Jeroen: Thank you for the reply. And recommendation to post in Streaming area.

I remain surprised at the notion that FLAC is considered a lossless compression format when I consistently hear the superiority of WAV files !?

Mind you, although I'm using a modern capable desktop computer running dB poweramp (CD Ripping) program  and Foobar 2000 for playback comparisons (no less on my outboard computer speakers, that although of decent quality, shocks me that I can consistently pick out the WAV file !

Many thanks,

 peter 

Fleet (Din53) by ARC

bandcamp | FLAC16/44.1 & MP3 320

Starting the day with this...

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Sun Ra And His Arkestra - Jazz in Silhouette, Sound Sun Pleasure. Enterplanetary Koncepts 2014 remasters in 16/44.1 flac from Bleep. com. These sound better than the Evidence CDs.

Sun Ra - The Night Of The Purple Moon, God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be. Enterplanetary Koncepts 2014/2015 remasters in 16/44.1 flac from Bandcamp

james n posted:

Starting the day with this...

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Wrong bloody place. That'll teach me to post before my morning coffee 

The Thelonious Monk Memorial Album - Qobuz 16/44.1 flac (1989). Qobuz Monk promo