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In Reply to: RE: Getting the playback right.. posted by Freo-1 on May 10, 2025 at 12:39:23

There are some outstanding recordings from the 50's and 60's that are high quality, certainly better than may made digitally during the loudness wars era.

I have some outstanding 1950's Mercury Living Presence recordings engineered by Wilma Fine Cozart captured in 176/24 along with other less impressive quality examples by Led Zeppelin, Astrid Gilberto, Renaissance, et. al. either in 192/24 or 96/24. No need to dumb them down to 44/16 only to later *fix* them.

Diddle with the signal as you will. I prefer higher resolution digital remasters from tape either in my downloads library or from Qobuz. :)

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RE: Agree - Freo-1 11:14:12 05/11/25 (2)
I fully understand your position. I also have quite a number of hi-res recordings that do not require diddling, as you say. :-)

Having said that, I also have a LOT (too many) CD's dating back to the 80's and 90's that I would like to enjoy to the maximum extent possible. Using the PGGB-RT software with a recent vintage computer with sufficient processing power, the results are undeniable. Comparing the upscaled CD's to what is available on TIDAL, the upscaled CD's in the vast majority of cases sound better.

With headphones, the difference is very noticeable, as the DAC I'm using supports 705 KHz input.

As they say, "Horses For Courses"
" Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you"

Satchel Paige
- RE: Agree - E-Stat 05:46:46 05/12/25 (1)
  Comparing the upscaled CD's to what is available on TIDAL...
  
  I haven't used them for over five years as they wasted time with MQA and it took them years to figure out it was a joke. I enjoy having access to far more (true) 24 bit recordings with Qobuz.
  - Still recommend people try this - Freo-1 13:30:40 05/19/25 (0)
    Been using this for a week now, and its one of the most significant upgrades I've come across to date.
    
    I had a Chord M-Scaler awhile back. I find this S/W to work better than the M-Scaler. It absolutely sounds better than playing CD's, and I'm finding it sounds better than any of the streaming options.
    
    One of the tricks foobar has is the ability to analyze replay gain and optimize the file. Now, combine that with using 32 bit depth, 107 bit speed precision, and the supported upscaled frequency, and the results are self evident.
    " Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you"
    
    Satchel Paige

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