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Ted,I sugggested at AA that they post something on their site letting customers know what was up with certain titles. That would be very easy to implement.
Our good buddy Bruce Brown, Puget Sound, has informed us that he and the folks at HDTracks are undertaking a huge re-assessment of the files they receive from labels. Why? Cuz, for example, some of the Verve and much of the BIS stuff was not all native HiRez; after some electronic waveform sleuthing Bruce uncovered that they were upsampled from redbook and not fit for their HiRez store category.This is an issue in that HDTracks as yet to announce anything formally, but have consistently offered refunds or download-again-when-hirez-file-appears to anyone who writes/contacts them. The only ways you'll know:1) the title you bought is no longer on their HiRez store listing; or2) it just doesn't sound right to you and you inquire.....FYI. I'll keep everyone abreast of this. A couple of forums have posters who raised this discussion to somewhat feverish levels and accused HDTracks of everything including fraud...but it's clear (to me) that HDTracks received inaccurate information and/or files. They are cleaning it up, offering refunds, and likely will announce something once the scope of the problem is identified. Stay tuned.
Back in April, I downloaded the alleged 96/24 version of 'Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething' from HDTracks. As the flac files downloaded were relatively small, I immediately suspected that something was wrong with the source. A few days later, the Jamie Cullum release was pulled from the HDTracks site. I then contacted HDTracks via email seeking clarification of what happened, listed my concerns, and requested a refund for the download. Some 6 weeks later, I have yet to receive a response. So, they are not offering refunds to everyone!
Back in April, I downloaded the alleged 96/24 version of 'Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething' from HDTracks.
Bruce,Thanks. One note: Please tell David and Norm that a 24/176 file is not too big for today's higher speed downloads. I'm sure your SACD rips sound better at 24/176.4 than the smaller divisible cousin 24/88.2.
I'm still waiting for the replacement of Gilberto/Getz for the dropout in track 7.
I just checked mine and I don't experience any dropout in track 7.
Yes, there was a dropout on the earlier HDTRacks release, most likely an analog (tape splice) dropout. I'm not aware that they replaced it (although Steve's comment sounds like they have and he's waiting for his free replacement), but maybe you have the most recent fixed version?
