Remasters on blu ray audio disc
Posted by: Kev T on 27 February 2011
Hello all,
I've not posted for a while, as I lost my musical mojo a little bit last year. I seem to be back with it this year so far, and have become interested in high resolution music in FLAC format. There seems to be a lot of classical music out there in studio quality masters. This does not seem to have been picked up so much in "popular" music as yet, but I think there are glimmers appearing.
After re-visiting old favourites while ripping my cd collection to a Synology NAS, I have discovered a few artists who are offering FLAC downloads. Other artists seem to be toe dipping in this area. For instance Tom Petty has recently released his Damn The Torpedoes! classic on blu-ray audio with a free FLAC download for those who purchase it. Annoyingly, I only found this out after buying the cd remaster!
I've also just discovered this evening that Rush are to re-release there best selling album Moving Pictures on blu-ray audio in 96khz 24bit quality. However, I have to ask what is the point? I'm a big Rush fan, and would love more of their back catalogue available in a higher resolution, but why Blu Ray? To me it seems like a total dead end. I can't see any manufacturer investing in high end blu-ray audio players with the dawn of high quality digital streaming devices like the Linn Klimax DS.
I just wish artists/record labels would "get with the programme"!
Does this annoy anybody else?
I've not posted for a while, as I lost my musical mojo a little bit last year. I seem to be back with it this year so far, and have become interested in high resolution music in FLAC format. There seems to be a lot of classical music out there in studio quality masters. This does not seem to have been picked up so much in "popular" music as yet, but I think there are glimmers appearing.
After re-visiting old favourites while ripping my cd collection to a Synology NAS, I have discovered a few artists who are offering FLAC downloads. Other artists seem to be toe dipping in this area. For instance Tom Petty has recently released his Damn The Torpedoes! classic on blu-ray audio with a free FLAC download for those who purchase it. Annoyingly, I only found this out after buying the cd remaster!
I've also just discovered this evening that Rush are to re-release there best selling album Moving Pictures on blu-ray audio in 96khz 24bit quality. However, I have to ask what is the point? I'm a big Rush fan, and would love more of their back catalogue available in a higher resolution, but why Blu Ray? To me it seems like a total dead end. I can't see any manufacturer investing in high end blu-ray audio players with the dawn of high quality digital streaming devices like the Linn Klimax DS.
I just wish artists/record labels would "get with the programme"!
Does this annoy anybody else?