Thx, you just made me spend another $150
Taiko Audio SGM Extreme : the Crème de la Crème
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I’m really glad you are enjoying it!
The following review seems spot on. He mentioned that “the DSD256 transfers from tape seem to capture more of the quality of tape than do any of the LPs in my experience“. That was my reaction to the Canonball release but in my case it could be more about my former analog front end not being up to the task. I sold that so I could reinvest the funds in digital and a gem like this album has me not missing my vinyl copies one bit.
There’s a link to more articles by this reviewer. There are a few other titles he gushes over. I think I will purchase a few tonight.
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT - Positive Feedback
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT – You Need to Hear This
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What part of the system requires tuning for analog differently than digital reproduction? Surely whatever "tuning" needs to be done should be accomplished via the turntable/arm/cartridge and phono stage. After the phono stage output I don't see -- and don't subscribe to -- the idea that main amplification and speakers need to be different.
I bought the Cannonball Adderly/Bill Evans and it's just as good. Also bought Blues in Orbit, which I have on vinyl. The vinyl sounds amazing but so does the DSD256. I'm going to buy the six from oldmustange above now.I’m really glad you are enjoying it!
The following review seems spot on. He mentioned that “the DSD256 transfers from tape seem to capture more of the quality of tape than do any of the LPs in my experience“. That was my reaction to the Canonball release but in my case it could be more about my former analog front end not being up to the task. I sold that so I could reinvest the funds in digital and a gem like this album has me not missing my vinyl copies one bit.
There’s a link to more articles by this reviewer. There are a few other titles he gushes over. I think I will purchase a few tonight.
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT - Positive Feedback
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT – You Need to Hear This
Well, at least you found the Blues In Orbit by yourself -- I was going to recommend that one later!Thx, you just made me spend another $150
If you like the music I've found Rushton Paul's sound quality recommendations to be an accurate guide.There’s a link to more articles by this reviewer. There are a few other titles he gushes over. I think I will purchase a few tonight.
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT - Positive Feedback
Somethin' Else in Pure DSD256 from HDTT – You Need to Hear This
I consider the following a must own based on musical enjoyment. They just recently remastered it, but I’ve yet to hear it. There are some peaks that overloaded during the recording but they are easy enough to look past because of the sheer beauty of the performance.
That Soldier’s Tale that @oldmustang recommended is going to blow your mind.
I've always loved this album but with four sides on the vinyl, to keep getting up after 3 tracks vs being able to sit and wallow in the sound and get lost. Color me happy:0)
In a few words - a stereo recording carries only a very limited amount of information about the real scene, relying on manipulating and processing by sound engineers during the recording process and later by our systems, rooms and listener experience to create a personnel illusion.
Digital can handle more information than analog and recording engineers use it, resulting in different types of recordings that can benefit from different types of systems. BTW, in an hobby where a poorly chosen cable can kill a system, we can't expect that a digital link can sound completely transparent. And vinyl time induced distortions are unique and can't be created digitally. But this is the subject for a separate thread!
You should try the 2XHD version.I just had to chime in here with a recommendation for what follows. They did a wonderful job obtaining a tape to master this from. The transfer to DSD256 is spectacular as well. Analog source material doesn’t get much better than this IMHO.
Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley with Miles Davis
Artists: Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley Trumpet – Miles Davis Bass – Sam Jones Drums – Art Blakey Piano – Hank Jones Recording Info: Recorded March 9, 1958, by Blue Note Recorded at - Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey Engineer - Rudy Van Geldwww.highdeftapetransfers.ca
Have you compared it to the HDTT version? I think the HDTT reissue is one of those rare ones where I can say that the search is over. I am pretty sure that I have this on 1) Classic Records 33 RPM & 45 RPM, 2) AP 45 RPM, 3) Music Matters 33 RPM (my previous favorite), 4) Columbia SACD, 5) Classic HDAD, 6) HDTracks 24/192. I may have imagined a few of those but I am just glad I took a gamble on the HDTT version.
I don’t see anything there by the Ramones…..
Thx, you just made me spend another $150
Than, for free if you have Qobuz, next listen to the two last tracks of this recording played at realistic levels and experience what can be done with modern top digital recording technique:
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/l...inuo-hesperion-xxi-jordi-savall/0191018773304
I wrote about it six years ago https://www.whatsbestforum.com/thre...les-routes-de-l´esclavage-jordi-savall.23072/ and it was before having the Taiko Extreme!
I think there are many who aim more for selecting components and cables that do the best job of getting out of the way of the music. The tuning only occurs up front when we choose a source component and downstream when we choose our speakers. That way we aren’t just tuning our systems for a particular point in time but instead optimizing around allowing the best of what we throw at it to come forth. This is not to say that there are many others who do aim more for tuning to their liking. But like you said, if we’ve done that we can’t expect to get top results should we change out the source.
Congrats Team Taiko! You’ve done it again - another material update delivers the goods…
Here are some more HDTT releases that I enjoy quite a bit. Not all are DSD256 and please take the caveat to heart that for me music trumps sound quality. But all of these are excellent sound quality (note: the Dolphy is a mono recording):
Hope there is something in this for everyone.
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Seems he has high regard for quite a few of them. Those that caught my attention are the must-haves that tend to get reissued over and over again (like Waltz for Debby, Time Out and Kind of Blue). In terms of the former, I can’t say that my digital versions matched what I heard from their best on vinyl, so I guess I will pull the trigger in hopes that these are finally the last ones I’ll need.
KUDOS to Taiko team and specially Ed and XDMS developers. It’s amazing what I’m hearing. I can’t put it in words, at least not in English. Hardware is mandatory but, oh boy, how much the software people can do is fantastic. And Emile says it wI’ll sound even better in a matter of new code. I believe him.
We are very fortunate to be part of this wonderful experience.
All the best
We are very fortunate to be part of this wonderful experience.
All the best
The best ever! Outstanding from the 27 April backend update .
