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

Posted by: Stevee_S on 13 January 2014

With more music being downloaded I thought it might be interesting to see what forum members are buying and from where.

The news that HD Tracks are soon to open an online UK store means that more choice is going to be available to us. The variety and quality of downloadable music we can choose from is expanding, MP3 to 24bit studio Masters at 192kHz and beyond.

So what are you buying and downloading?

Posted on: 18 May 2015 by Bert Schurink

Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:

Originally Posted by ragman:

Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:

24/96 Qobuz

Would you recommend it?

So will try to give you a balanced answer, I had a listen again to this album.

First off I am not into forte piano. I prefer to listen to the normal piano and only like the piano forte in the context of music which is played within a convined dynamic context.

for this album, not everything falls in that confined context. Where it does the playing is refined and gives you a feeling how it might have been intended and you understand the pieces in a different way. So for me it's an enrichment while I will put on 9 times normal piano and only 1 time forte piano. As I am a bad reviewer of such an album given my preference for normal piano, I would like to refor you to some of the reviews it there which in general are very positive. Hope this helps you a little bit.

Ps Grammaphone editors choice, phono forum 4 stars out of 5

Posted on: 20 May 2015 by ChrisSU

FLAC download from Bandcamp. Thanks to those who posted them on the Americana thread, (now closed, but has so many recommendations on it I've hardly scratched the surface!)

Posted on: 21 May 2015 by Stevee_S

Hyperion | FLAC & MP£ 320

Posted on: 22 May 2015 by Stevee_S

Palmanara ~ Green

Both from Bandcamp in 16/44.1 FLAC & MP3 320

Posted on: 22 May 2015 by Nick Lees

Just listening to the Palmanana. Great bottom end.

The music I mean. Seriously great bottom end.

Posted on: 22 May 2015 by Iconoclast

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

Palmanara ~ Green

Both from Bandcamp in 16/44.1 FLAC & MP3 320

Reminds me of an ex girlfriend. She was quite tall and used to walk around naked with a towel wrapped around her head which made her look even taller. This somehow made me feel relatively short and inadequate. I had to compensate by buying a lot of expensive hi-fi gear. That's how it all started.

Posted on: 22 May 2015 by Bert Schurink

Originally Posted by Iconoclast:

Originally Posted by Stevee_S:

Palmanara ~ Green

Both from Bandcamp in 16/44.1 FLAC & MP3 320

If I would have to choose between this and hifi gear, I would not be an audiophile freak......

Posted on: 23 May 2015 by Bert Schurink

Bandcamp