Tied Up In Gear (Remastered 2005

White Zombie - Supercharger heaven

"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution." ~John Adams

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” ~ Voltaire

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56 minutes ago, Brian_at_HHH said:

.....This likely won't matter for the Redbook CDs, and had better not for the SACD, but the mix put on many of the standard CD, has been abusively over saturated to where it's no wonder why vinyl sounds better- the CD version is clipped worse than a 20 watt receiver trying to outdo a MkII Carver power-amp.

This is confusing to me because the data structure for standard CD audio compact discs IS redbook.....

as for SACD, much has to do with the master tapes; if they were digital (remember when most mixing boards switched to ADC from analog, back in the late 80's or so), then they have that redbook brick wall filter eliminating any content over 44.1kHz; re-mastering and re-pressing that content onto SACD will NOT restore any content above 44.1kHz; it's just not on the master anymore.

58 minutes ago, Daddyjt said:

that reminds me - I have the HD Tracks 92/24 download of Tool’s Fear Inoculum, and I have the CD.... 

That would be great, IF the tracks are level matched within 1/4 dB and from the same master (and the master is 92/24)

btw, most of the evaluations I've read about that could repeatedly discern a difference came down to artifacts belying the source type; i.e., the type of dithering used can have artifacts that can be taught how to listen for, and  observers could identify a medium by its artifact signature just a bit more accurately than would happen by random chance.  In my opinion, that's not an objective evaluation of sound quality, it's rather a learned response to different artifacts 

52 minutes ago, Daddyjt said:

.....curious know if there is a way to tell if the same master is used for say SACD and Redbook...?  After all, I’m interested in more than just a surgical “this particular SACD sounds better than the CD” - I’d like to make a broader-based determination...

I don't know how to tell for certain;  too bad digital files don't seem to have a header for information; that could replace liner notes and album art, and give info re mastering.

ALl I know is that some of the early hi def files were mastered from Redbook CD, and even though there was NO additional content beyond the brick wall filter, many people STILL heard an improvement.  Thaqt reminds me off the double blind evaluation of speaker wire that also had a sample using coat hangars for wire, and the coat hangers were preferred by many listeners

2 hours ago, Daddyjt said:

The speaker shootout last month (detailed in THIS thread) was so much fun, AND so informative, that I'm thinking of doing another one, only this time comparing digital formats (CD, FLAC, MP3, SACD and DVD-A).  I have three (3) titles where I poses CD, SACD and DVD-A (and of course FLAC, from the CD) - Fleetwood Mac Rumors, The Who Tommy, and Donald Fagen Nightfly.  I would also compare a few CDs to their respective SACD and DVD-A.

 

The reason I am wanting to do this, is that I have seen it stated multiple times, on various forums, that there is no audible difference between SACD/DVD-A and Redbook CD.  This is not my experience generally, but I have never done an exhaustive A/B comparison.  If I do end up doing it, it would be methodical, much like the aforementioned speaker shootout - I may even enlist the help of my son, in order to do a blind comparison.

 

Any thoughts from the group? 

One thing to wAtch out for is re-mastering of the original to the individual formats; it's impossible to discern whether a noted difference is due to the playbqack technology or the re-mastering of the original (you've experienced a bit of this already, when you noted differences in playback level).

Conversely, if the original is only available at bitrate X, then even higher bitrate playback will be limited to the original bitrate.

Those two things make it impossible for a consumer to make an accurate appraisal of each format.

The MOST accurate comparison I've seen is that one done by the AES, and they had appropriate material to work with.

Good luck!

Just when we got used to the fact that Polar bear fur is NOT white (it's clear), now this:

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/your-blue-eyes-arent-really-blue

On 4/18/2020 at 11:05 AM, Daddyjt said:

Ok, I had to do a little sleuthing to figure it out - Amboy Dukes. Never heard of them, but I’ll be checking them out - THANKS!

 

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I liked the kominski  method

16 hours ago, Daddyjt said:

 I just always assumed it was a drug reference, lol...

Me too, I don't really know what the authors think about the controversy though

Perhaps THE MOST controversial song?  It's been decades, and we still can't agree on whether puff is a boy's imaginary friend, or a drugged out fiend swinging his gigantic 'tail' and doped out of his mind

Controversy: 

Most posts have contained sexual, sexualized or otherwise boink related verse.

Controversy: 

4 hours ago, Daddyjt said:

Look, I’m not a prude by any stretch, but this “song” from “Cardi B” (currently topping the charts) is just plain vile - so much so that I’m not pasting the lyrics, but rather a link. Read at your own risk, you have been warned...

 

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cardi-b/wap.html

Wow, quite a lot of lyrics for a 4 minute song; makes you long for simpler times

Yes - Tempus Fugit (Official Music Video)

Freewheel Burning

Metallica - Whiplash

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills (Official Video)

Queen - Tie Your Mother Down (Official Video)

Yello ~ Live At The Roxy -- HQ sound Remastered

Does anybody have any Japanese Vinyl?  I lived in Okinawa from 84 to 91, and gathered quite a few; the quality was superb (I only have one record crate of Vinyl left, most of it Japanese, that I can't bear to part with), and I believe they had a hand in MFSL's pressings as well.