Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, available on HD Tracks

golfugh · « **on:** 3 Nov 2011, 02:36 pm »

Has any one downloaded Fleetwood Mac's Rumours from HD Tracks and can pass on how good it is?

talla242 · « **Reply #1 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 02:44 pm »

good question,I own the dvd-audio and the sacd,curious as to what source they ripped it from,I ripped the dvd-audio 2-channel and sounds damn good,I would think If they are pulling from all the oop dvd-a's it should sound pretty good as long as Hdtracks isn't toying around with it

GarfL · « **Reply #2 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 03:30 pm »

And is it the remastered version? I have this on my to buy list (searching used CD shops) as this is one of the few remasters that is worthy.

golfugh · « **Reply #3 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 03:33 pm »

I would think it is off the DVD-A. I have the DVD-A on my "to buy" list, but just wanted to know if anyone had downloaded the HD Tracks version.

GarfL · « **Reply #4 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 05:23 pm »

It is downloaded, and I need to move it into my library. I am at work, so it will have to be done at lunch (soon).

Problem being, I have nothing to compare it to other than a CD rip of their greatest hits. That is the main reason I bought it, as I do not own any previous version.

G

GarfL · « **Reply #5 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 05:40 pm »

I don't know why I said I have nothing to compare it to, every song on this album is on The Greatest Hits 1 & 2 (well, 8 of the 11 anyways..)

It sounds ~~awesome~~, --judgement reserved-- but a picture is worth a thousand words.

GarfL · « **Reply #6 on:** 3 Nov 2011, 05:50 pm »

As a side note, they ~~have the songs tagged as~~ are 16bit 96000 Hz. Now I am totally confused.

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
96.0 kHz Sample Rate
16 Bits Per Sample
2 Channels

Min Block Size = 4608
Max Block Size = 4608
Min Frame Size = 16
Max Frame Size = 12231
Padding Block = 3967 bytes

# of Pictures = 1
Type 3 (467157 bytes)

Vorbis Comment Block (286 bytes):
Vendor String =
HDTRACKS = www.hdtracks.com
Description = reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
TIMEREFERENCE = 0
CODINGHISTORY = A=Microsoft PCM Format F=96000 W=16 M=stereo

ARTIST = Fleetwood Mac
ALBUM = Rumours
TRACKNUMBER = 01
GENRE = Rock
Date = 2011

I wish I had my SR-325is at work, these B&W C5s aren't cutting it.

Atlplasma · « **Reply #7 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 01:33 pm »

I had an issue with a 44/24 recording that displayed on my player as 96/16. I contacted HDTracks and confirmed that the recording was 24 bit. Perhaps it's a similar kind of tagging issue.

GarfL · « **Reply #8 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 03:07 pm »

I do not claim to be an expert, but that CODINGHISTORY tag in the comment block tends to make me believe it never was 24bit.

As I stated in my edited post, my opinion on the recording was reserved until I did some further testing at home. In short, it is awful. I am more concerned at this point in getting my money back from HDTracks.

zybar · « **Reply #9 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 03:21 pm »

Quote from: GarfL on 4 Nov 2011, 03:07 pm

I do not claim to be an expert, but that CODINGHISTORY tag in the comment block tends to make me believe it never was 24bit.

As I stated in my edited post, my opinion on the recording was reserved until I did some further testing at home. In short, it is awful. I am more concerned at this point in getting my money back from HDTracks.

What makes it awful?

George

GarfL · « **Reply #10 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 03:35 pm »

Quote from: zybar on 4 Nov 2011, 03:21 pm

What makes it awful?

George

Download it and form your own opinion.

golfugh · « **Reply #11 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 03:58 pm »

Just downloaded it, I'll pass my thoughts later this afternoon. As an aside, all of the album I received shows 24/96 in the tags.

zybar · « **Reply #12 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 04:08 pm »

Quote from: GarfL on 4 Nov 2011, 03:35 pm

Download it and form your own opinion.

Not exactly helpful.

If this is your approach, why bother posting your comment that it is awful in the first place?

George

zybar · « **Reply #13 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 04:08 pm »

Quote from: golfugh on 4 Nov 2011, 03:58 pm

Just downloaded it, I'll pass my thoughts later this afternoon. As an aside, all of the album I received shows 24/96 in the tags.

Thanks.

Look forward to your comments.

George

HAL · « **Reply #14 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 04:29 pm »

Downloaded it last night. Received an email today to redownload it as there was some issue with their upload.

Will see what happens on this download.

HAL · « **Reply #15 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 04:47 pm »

Ok, the new download says 24bit/96KHz 2 channel on Foobar2000 v1.1.8.

Will give it a listen soon.

TONEPUB · « **Reply #16 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 05:04 pm »

It sounds identical to my DVD-a rip, didn't do any waveform analysis.

A slightly different mix, I believe than the one just released by Kevin Grey/Steve Hoffman as well.

GarfL · « **Reply #17 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 05:24 pm »

Quote from: HAL on 4 Nov 2011, 04:29 pm

Downloaded it last night. Received an email today to redownload it as there was some issue with their upload.

Will see what happens on this download.

Thanks, that is good to know. I still have not received any email from them on this, hopefully they are working on getting it out to me.

HAL · « **Reply #18 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 07:08 pm »

Just finished listening to all the tracks. Sounded really good here with the HAL PC Music Server setup.

PeteG · « **Reply #19 on:** 4 Nov 2011, 07:28 pm »

So it’s not the new Grey/Hoffman release, I have the old DVD-A.