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RE: Ansermet's Petrushka available at HDTT !!!

I've purchased a handful of HDTT 24/192 DVD Audio Stereo Discs over the last several years. This is the format I prefer. HDTT always does an excellent job of transfer. The most important factor is the tape used for the transfer. HDTT has used commercial releases of 2-track and 4-track tapes at 7½ ips and 2-track 15 ips tapes of often unspecified provenance. It all depends on what HDTT has access to.

A transfer from a 2-track 15 ips tape should produce a better sound. This tape is a copy of a tape, or a copy of a copy of a tape, or a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a tape. It could be 5 generations down. If all carefully done the losses can be minimized. And this doesn't take into consideration the quality of the original recording.

I have 4 Tape Project 15 ips tapes and one Yarlung Records 15 ips tape. The sound is stunning and beats anything else I have heard. I have some other 2-track 15 ips tapes of unknown pedigree. The sound is still very good, but not at the Tape Project and Yarlung Records level.


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