Hey guys, just to inform you that a few high resolution digital downloads have been added on Acoustic Sounds.
Currently, three albums are available:
Queen: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111807/Queen-Queen-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
Queen II: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111808/Queen-Queen_II-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
A Night At The Opera: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111809/Queen-A_Night_at_the_Opera-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
They are probably the masters used for the 2011 and 2015 releases, so basically the three that are right now available are the best of the bunch. I'd like to get Queen II, but sadly, customers outside of the US can't download it right now. I'm waiting for them to appear on Qobuz...
[QUOTE] [b]Estranged wrote:[/b]
Hey guys, just to inform you that a few high resolution digital downloads have been added on Acoustic Sounds.
Currently, three albums are available:
Queen: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111807/Queen-Queen-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
Queen II: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111808/Queen-Queen_II-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
A Night At The Opera: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111809/Queen-A_Night_at_the_Opera-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
They are probably the masters used for the 2011 and 2015 releases, so basically the three that are right now available are the best of the bunch. I'd like to get Queen II, but sadly, customers outside of the US can't download it right now. I'm waiting for them to appear on Qobuz...[/QUOTE]
as expected.
They should've made this available as a free download for those who bought the Coloured box set / individual 2015 LPs.
I will wait for piratebay.
I agree with People on Streets.
I wonder if these are actually the Japanese SACD rips?
They're probably the original PCM masters, before they were converted to DSD and transferred to the SACDs.
I agree with the free download cards. That said, I don't care for the LP set, and I'll only get Queen II anyway.
[QUOTE] [b]people on streets wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Estranged wrote:[/b]
Hey guys, just to inform you that a few high resolution digital downloads have been added on Acoustic Sounds.
Currently, three albums are available:
Queen: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111807/Queen-Queen-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
Queen II: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111808/Queen-Queen_II-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
A Night At The Opera: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/111809/Queen-A_Night_at_the_Opera-FLAC_96kHz24bit_Download
They are probably the masters used for the 2011 and 2015 releases, so basically the three that are right now available are the best of the bunch. I'd like to get Queen II, but sadly, customers outside of the US can't download it right now. I'm waiting for them to appear on Qobuz...[/QUOTE]
as expected.
They should've made this available as a free download for those who bought the Coloured box set / individual 2015 LPs.
I will wait for piratebay.
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I totally agree with you
I did buy Queen II. It is just the high res version of the louder 2011 remasters. Earlier pressings of the CD is way better overall. The only thing this remaster has is greater resolution in parts and imaging. But the sound is fatiguing. I have a high-end system and went back to my early German non-remaster pressing. It's sad that high res is not being used as it should. Dynamic range compression is not high res.
hi there,
I've found this old thread. I see HD Tracks now sells the following original PCM masters 24 96 of
Greatest Hits
Queen
Queen II
A Night at the opera
A Night at the odeon
On Air
They're not available to purchase outside USA, and can't see any other site where the original wav PCM not converted to FLAC can br purchased/downloaded.
Any idea or hint? thanks in advance
Make your own?
Even if I make my own account on HDtracks I'm localted in Italy and they won't sell it outside the USA
I mean make your own from your CDs but I guess you'll say that quality isn't high enough right?
[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
I mean make your own from your CDs but I guess you'll say that quality isn't high enough right?[/QUOTE]
How does one take a 16 bit 44.1khz CD rip and make it 24 bit 96khz?
What you do is be massively pious about imaginary sound quality and ruin your enjoyment of music.
(that wasn't aimed at anyone by the way, just where I stand on the subject :D)
I'm not being pious, you're the one disrespecting others' perception of how useful hi res downloads are by suggesting the kind of transcoding that, if applied to mp3 / flac, would get you dog's abuse.
For the record, I understand that the human ear can't hear past 22khz, and that there is no record of a double blind test in which anyone could tell the difference between a well mastered CD and a 24/96 file.
However, I also logically understand that 24 bit is a more precise digital encoding method than 16 bit, and my experience of hi res files in general is that as they are targeted at audiophiles, they *tend* to utilise the best possible masters as a source, whereas I'm sure you'd agree that CD mastering can be very intermittent.
So, with that said, how does choosing a particular bit rate "ruin my enjoyment of music"?
I said my comment wasn't aimed at anyone pal.
