Tournesol

Anyone heard or measured it?

I was disappointed in Countdown and Peace as well. Didn't sound any good. Actually worse than my original CD's. As to the content on Super Collider. Let me start by giving it stars. I would give it 4/6 The opening track Kingmaker is truly great. A speedy track with great riffs and Mustaines has never sounded better. But already on track two, the title track Super Collider, the album suffers. The track is probably the most boring and generic ever done by Megadeth. After that however the rest of the album is actually pretty good. Not great, but good. More of a hard rock album than Thrash. Guess you could call it hard rock with metal and thrash elements.

Wow, Megadeth's latest album, Super Collider actually has a much higher DR on the HDTracks download than on the CD. Now that's how HDTracks should be. Not just a 24bit version of a brickwalled mastering, but a true audiophile mastering in 24bit. Guess Mustaine must have something to do with this since it's their first album on his own label. HDTracks: DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR11 0.00 dB -11.75 dB 4:16 01-Kingmaker DR11 0.00 dB -11.59 dB 4:12 02-Super Collider DR11 0.00 dB -11.35 dB 4:11 03-Burn! DR10 0.00 dB -11.10 dB 3:58 04-Built For War DR11 0.00 dB -11.91 dB 4:12 05-Off The Edge DR11 0.00 dB -11.91 dB 4:46 06-Dance In The Rain DR11 0.00 dB -11.85 dB 3:51 07-Beginning Of Sorrow DR12 0.00 dB -12.83 dB 4:28 08-The Blackest Crow DR11 0.00 dB -12.06 dB 4:28 09-Forget To Remember DR11 0.00 dB -12.49 dB 3:47 10-Don't Turn Your Back... DR11 0.00 dB -12.44 dB 3:10 11-Cold Sweat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 11 Official DR value: DR11 CD version: DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR6 0.00 dB -6.61 dB 4:16 01-Kingmaker DR6 0.00 dB -6.35 dB 4:12 02-Super Collider DR5 0.00 dB -6.20 dB 4:11 03-Burn! DR5 0.00 dB -5.93 dB 3:58 04-Built for War DR6 0.00 dB -7.01 dB 4:12 05-Off the Edge DR6 0.00 dB -6.72 dB 4:46 06-Dance in the Rain DR6 0.00 dB -6.66 dB 3:51 07-Beginning of Sorrow DR6 0.00 dB -7.59 dB 4:28 08-The Blackest Crow DR6 0.00 dB -6.79 dB 4:28 09-Forget to Remember DR6 0.00 dB -7.40 dB 3:47 10-Don’t Turn Your Back… DR6 0.00 dB -7.26 dB 3:10 11-Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzy cover) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 11 Official DR value: DR6

Damn, could not resist. Bought the album 24bit 96Khz, and it actually sounds rather great. No clipping, full sound, great depth and clear highs. Sounds alot like the 2013 remaster for the Anniversary CD.

Cool. But how does it sound?

Those numbers are pretty much the same as on my original 1984 cd.

Anyone got DR numbers? My old CD is already great sounding and with very good DR, so curious as to how the HDTracks version will sound and measure.

The Mastered for iTunes version has slightly better DR. The vinyl mastering is the best though, should have been used for high res.

I'm not impressed so far on the DR-database - except for the vinyl edition, which look quite good in numbers. I guess HDTracks will receive the same version as Qubuz which is actually lower (not by much) than the Mastered for iTunes edition. Boy, if they were to use the vinyl mastering ... dreaming!

Thanks. Lower DR, but how does it sound?

Anyone heard it or measured it? This is my 1983 CD: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: /Volumes/music/ZZ Top/Eliminator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR15 -4.04 dB -20.26 dB 10 ZZ Top - If I could only flag her down#1.m4a DR14 -4.04 dB -20.06 dB 04 ZZ Top - I need you tonight#1.m4a DR15 -3.11 dB -19.86 dB 08 ZZ Top - TV dinners#1.m4a DR15 -2.33 dB -19.13 dB 07 ZZ Top - Thug#1.m4a DR13 -4.84 dB -19.50 dB 09 ZZ Top - Dirty dog#1.m4a DR15 -1.69 dB -18.00 dB 03 ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man#1.m4a DR14 -3.56 dB -19.27 dB 05 ZZ Top - I got the six#1.m4a DR13 -4.44 dB -19.06 dB 11 ZZ Top - Bad girl#1.m4a DR14 -4.14 dB -19.06 dB 06 ZZ Top - Legs#1.m4a DR15 -2.80 dB -18.77 dB 02 ZZ Top - Got me under pressure#1.m4a DR12 -4.25 dB -18.65 dB 01 ZZ Top - Gimme all your lovin#1.m4a ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 11 Official DR value: DR14 ==============================================================================================

From Steve Hoffmans forum. Not impressive numbers. I will pass on this one: foobar2000 1.2.6 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2013-05-10 22:15:54 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: ? / ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR9 -0.50 dB -12.10 dB 5:04 ?-01-01-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-The_Heart_Of_Roc-SMR DR10 -0.95 dB -12.39 dB 4:13 ?-01-02-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-Heart_And_Soul-SMR DR9 -0.74 dB -11.51 dB 3:48 ?-01-03-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-Bad_Is_Bad-SMR DR9 -0.95 dB -11.50 dB 4:46 ?-01-04-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-I_Want_A_New_Dru-SMR DR9 -0.87 dB -11.59 dB 5:11 ?-01-05-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-Walking_On_A_Thi-SMR DR8 -1.19 dB -11.48 dB 3:43 ?-01-06-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-Finally_Found_A_-SMR DR8 -0.88 dB -11.23 dB 3:53 ?-01-07-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-If_This_Is_It-SMR DR8 -0.98 dB -11.03 dB 3:43 ?-01-08-Huey_Lewis_And_The_News-You_Crack_Me_Up-SMR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 8 Official DR value: DR9 Samplerate: 96000 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 4608 kbps Codec: PCM

Not available yet, but announced on their Facebook page. Among other interesting titles like ZZ Top's Eliminator.

One of my favorite 80's albums, sound is okay on the original CD, later remastered editions sound AWFUL. Here are my DR for the original 1983 CD, I hope that HDTracks will at least match them: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: /Volumes/music/Huey Lewis & the News/Sports ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -1.55 dB -16.87 dB 01 Huey Lewis And The News - The Heart Of Rock & Roll DR14 -2.72 dB -18.83 dB 09 Huey Lewis And The News - Honky Tonk Blues DR12 -3.96 dB -17.13 dB 04 Huey Lewis And The News - I Want A New Drug DR11 -1.76 dB -15.70 dB 06 Huey Lewis And The News - Finally Found A Home DR12 -2.55 dB -16.11 dB 08 Huey Lewis And The News - You Crack Me Up DR13 -2.42 dB -17.76 dB 07 Huey Lewis And The News - If This Is It DR13 -0.63 dB -16.13 dB 02 Huey Lewis And The News - Heart And Soul DR13 -2.56 dB -16.90 dB 03 Huey Lewis And The News - Bad Is Bad DR13 -2.18 dB -16.86 dB 05 Huey Lewis And The News - Walking On A Thin Line ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 9 Official DR value: DR13 ==============================================================================================

For all I know Prince produced and did everything. The CD really sounds great. Dirty Mind does as well.