Privateering Hi-Rez

[ustas]

The album is available as hi-resolution digital downloads (flac 24/96) http://www.highresaudio.com/artist.php?abid=73745&more=1
It looks like German website, and as HDTracks.com it has geo restriction to buy.

[vgonis]

Thanks ustas! Any news for extra tracks there? And what about the Japanese release?

[ustas]

Thanks ustas! Any news for extra tracks there? And what about the Japanese release?

The SHM-CD is released, but it's clone of the standard CD without any extra tracks.

[vgonis]

Peculiarly, I think this is good news. One  edition too many. Thank you!

[Justme]

Thank you ustas! This is really great news, time to look for a new sound card. I was hoping that they would release a high-res edition.

[goon525]

The high resolution version is now available through Linn Records in the UK. I don't know if our deprived American cousins can take advantage of this.

[Jules]

This is the direct link http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-Privateering.aspx

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[ustas]

This is the direct link http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-Privateering.aspx

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[Jules]

This is the direct link http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-Privateering.aspx

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[vgonis]

I just saw jbaent that you changed your message to Kingdom of gold (fake gold). Well gold has no value. It is the perception-illusion of value like money, only it can be used for creating other things.
As for the equipment that you need in order to put the HD music in use, it has to be Hi -end sound system, amplifier, speakers and a good PC with a very good sound card.
It is really not a matter of amount of data and if they fit in a DVD, but mostly  a matter of decoding and calculative power to  be able to produce all the frequencies and separate channels. But an expert will probably explain it better to you. 

[goon525]

I'm listening to the high res version as I write. I'm using a Naim SuperUniti (but there's now plenty of other streaming gear around) with the music stored on a Network Attached Storage device. Sounds great - though I haven't done the direct comparison with the CD yet. I have confirmed that the CD sounds better than a 320kb Spotify Premium feed, though that's not by any means awful.

[Jules]

Do you have the FLAC 24bit 96kHz version?

[goon525]

Yes, that's exactly what I've got. I have now listened through once, but still haven't performed the A/B comparison with the CD to discover whether I wasted the twenty quid! What I would say is that sound quality is important for full enjoyment of this album - the musicians and producers took great care over putting it together.

[goon525]

Just spent a while listening to Blood and Water in three different formats (a) Spotify Premium, 320kHz; (b) CD; (c) High Res 96/24. All three sound pretty good, and there's probably a bigger quality jump between (a) and (b) than between (b) and (c). If I was to give (c) an arbitrary 10/10 for sound quality, then I'd give (b) about 8.5 and (a) about 6.5. But even Spotify is perfectly listenable. I've probably heard slightly bigger quality differences with high res listening to one or two classical discs where I've been able to make the same comparison.

[binone]

Julio, with this programm (http://audioplex.sourceforge.net/) you can record a DVD-Audio from a 96/24 Flac file, and reproduce ina a simple DVD player. You will need then, a receiver (amplifier) that decode the hi res audio.

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