I spent a little while working with the Audio Engineers in recording studios earlier in my career while I was writing software for high end digital mastering console and I was surprised to see that you could get the final master tape recordings at up to 192kHz x 24 bits on HD Tracks.com
http://www.hdtracks.com/
The Master tapes are the original source material before it is down-sampled for CD, SACD or vinyl so it should be the absolute highest audio integrity of anything that you could start with.
Since my OPPO 105D can stream media up to 192x24, it seems like these recordings would be best possible input source available to feed my incredibly accurate Martin Logan speakers.
Have any of you tried them?
Considering that they are much higher resolution than even my SACD's I'm sure they sound great. The big question is whether I can actually hear a difference between the original source and an SACD or normal CD for that matter.
My guess is that most systems couldn't come close to resolving that detail or even close to it. I believe Martin Logan's can probably come closer to resolve that level of detail than just about any other speaker on the market. BUT I still wonder if I will be able to notice any difference.
Thoughts ?
Listing to the original recordings directly off the Master reels is a luxury I only enjoyed for about a year. It was surprising to hear the tracks that they didn't use on a album in the name of uniformity. Sometimes it was almost heartbreaking to hear the cut that finally made it to release.
http://www.hdtracks.com/
The Master tapes are the original source material before it is down-sampled for CD, SACD or vinyl so it should be the absolute highest audio integrity of anything that you could start with.
Since my OPPO 105D can stream media up to 192x24, it seems like these recordings would be best possible input source available to feed my incredibly accurate Martin Logan speakers.
Have any of you tried them?
Considering that they are much higher resolution than even my SACD's I'm sure they sound great. The big question is whether I can actually hear a difference between the original source and an SACD or normal CD for that matter.
My guess is that most systems couldn't come close to resolving that detail or even close to it. I believe Martin Logan's can probably come closer to resolve that level of detail than just about any other speaker on the market. BUT I still wonder if I will be able to notice any difference.
Thoughts ?
Listing to the original recordings directly off the Master reels is a luxury I only enjoyed for about a year. It was surprising to hear the tracks that they didn't use on a album in the name of uniformity. Sometimes it was almost heartbreaking to hear the cut that finally made it to release.