Thanks. I am not sure how to find out what’s the native resolution of titles in Tidal. Also, would what’s native in these streaming apps correspond to how the songs were originally recorded?
I can see different versions or formats of the album in Roon. Problem is how to know which format is “native” if there is such a thing.
it does take a little digging, but it's rare you can't figure it out. google is your friend. not many recordings are at native16/44, but a few are. when you investigate a recording or record label there ought to be more clues, and then you can check with HD Tracks but don't take it as gospel as they have been known to up-sample.
Yes, I see that too. With dithering, the recording is blown up from 16bit to 24bit. In quiet passages of the music, you get more linearity and less distorsion and also a bit of bandwidth, but the homogeneity of the music suffers in my opinion. Native sounds more like real music.
no, it's not.
) better at higher native resolutions. CD only listening can be excellent. the disc media has some advantages for sure. this is a different case than the streaming resolutions question. many/most CD's begin life as higher rez native files. just how they do it.
I agree remastered or highest rez does not mean it sounds better. My listening buddies and I have felt for the longest time that redbook msot of the time is better ...period.no, it's not.
watched this before. but sorry, does not change what you hear. have literally thousands, even millions, of examples. i take a YouTube video like that as a data point. stacked on all my other data points. it's not nothing, but it's not the final word either. we don't listen to theory.
believe your eyes, or your mind, or your ears. up to you. we can debate why things happen. but we hear what does actually happen.
OTOH native resolution of the recording or transfer also sounds better always. more musical essence retained. easy to hear. trumps resolution advantages.
why do mastering processes for vinyl trying to retain the optimal analog sound use the highest rez? they are objective? right? or bowing to a myth?
come on over and listen with me and then try to rationalize what you hear with that video. i do have some superb native 16/44 files of recordings of relatively simple music that sound great. no dispute it can be very good. but those recordings would be a bit (sorry
You can sign up to Qobuz without subscribing to a streaming package. Qobuz usually has the native hi-res version. This track is on Tidal at 16/44.1 and 24/48 (native):
there's also a video about that
thank you.there's also a video about that
it does not contradict what you had said
I have never known HDTracks to "upsample"..... I know alot of the SACD's were recorded in a lower sample rate and HDTracks sold the material as 176.4 or 88.2, which were the files I gave them. It was the LABELS that recorded the lower rez files and upsampled the material to DSD for SACD production. It wasn't until I started checking them that we found this out. Even Chad at AP sold the Nils Lofgren SACD(and dozens more), knowing that it was recorded at 44.1
Are there easier ways to tell which versions on these streaming platforms sound better than actually needing to listen/compare one by one ?
like anything, once you investigate things a few times and realize how things stack up, you won't need to check every time. unless your ears are disappointed. so the degree of effort diminishes the more you do it. but there is a time period where there is some hassle. but really no clear shortcuts to getting comfortable. look at it as fun and get your head around it.
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