Music Analysis - Objective & Subjective

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1. Are SHM releases necessarily better than the original CD ? 1 2 3 4 7

   By sandyk, April 29, 2013
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   • bdiament
   • May 13, 2013

2. Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven PCM

   By EuroChamp, January 9, 2015
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   • acousticsguru
   • January 4, 2018

3. 16/44 FLAC vs. AAC 256 1 2 3

   By jaynyc, December 20, 2015
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   • asdf1000
   • November 5, 2016

4. Pro vs Audiophile Obssession 1 2 3 4

   By maelob, October 1, 2015
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   • Lone Mountain Audio
   • February 20, 2020

5. Vinyl rip vs. CD 1 2 3

   By rennq, November 25, 2013
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   • hogger_129
   • June 25, 2014

6. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms from HD Tracks 1 2 3

   By bottlerocket, March 27, 2012
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   • Arg
   • May 11, 2012

7. David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) 1 2 3 4 5

   By junker, January 8, 2016
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   • YashN
   • February 10, 2016

8. New Music Reviews Section on CA

   By The Computer Audiophile, February 5, 2014
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   • The Computer Audiophile
   • February 5, 2014

9. What's a good method to downsample 96 or 192 files to Redbook (CD)?

   By One and a half, February 14, 2015
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   • gmgraves
   • May 6, 2015

10. Vinyl Rip vs Orignial CD 1 2

    By RAJ1, March 3, 2016
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    • Don Hills
    • March 22, 2018

11. Another Gem Ruined By Rick Rubin and Vlado Meller (RATM) 1 2

    By The Computer Audiophile, January 23, 2013
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    • kurb1980
    • April 28, 2016

12. Music Analysis - Objective & Subjective 1 2

    By The Computer Audiophile, November 28, 2011
    • 32 replies
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    • christian u
    • January 8, 2014

13. FLAC files from 16/44 CD (WAV) files are smaller than MP3s. 1 2 3 4 7

    By dalethorn, January 26, 2018   

    • flac
    • wav
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    • Indydan
    • February 22, 2018

14. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend - HD Tracks 1 2

    By bottlerocket, April 25, 2012
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    • bdiament
    • October 2, 2013

15. Ripped CD via Sofware vs Manual Copy/Paste File Differences 1 2 3 4 5

    By cjf, December 9, 2018
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    • kirkmc
    • February 20, 2020

16. Graceland 24/96 1 2

    By dallasjustice, November 22, 2012   

    • graceland
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    • BitPerfect Support
    • November 18, 2015

17. The best sounding/recorded ECM label albums 1 2

    By mkrzych, October 11, 2013
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    • oso
    • December 14, 2016

18. The Who Tommy HDtracks vs. SHM SACD 1 2

    By Kimo, June 27, 2012
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    • Keyser Söze
    • October 18, 2014

19. DSD Has Better Dynamic Rage = Misleading 1 2

    By The Computer Audiophile, April 25, 2017
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    • Chris A
    • August 28, 2020

20. MusicScope - Oscilloscope & reporting tool 1 2

    By One and a half, December 23, 2014
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    • mkrzych
    • May 27, 2015

21. Siamese Dream (2011 Remaster at 24 bit / 96 kHz) - Smashing Pumpkins

    By The Computer Audiophile, November 30, 2011
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    • RockStar2005
    • July 25, 2016

22. ReMaster Trash

    By billfromNC, March 3, 2015   

    • bad sounding remasters
    • led zeppelin
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      • led zeppelin
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      • the doors
    • 16 replies
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    • ikkei
    • May 26, 2015

23. Melody Gardot - The Absence - 24 bit / 96 kHz HDtracks Download 1 2

    By The Computer Audiophile, May 26, 2012   

    • melody gardot
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    • Julf
    • July 18, 2012

24. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 96/24

    By Miska, July 1, 2014
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    • Sal1950
    • August 21, 2015

25. Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow (HDTracks 96khz-24bit) 1 2

    By Quadran, November 22, 2011
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    • beetlemania
    • February 5, 2012