RobGoodison

Looks like Onkyo and 7digital are partnering in the not-too-distant future: Onkyo and 7digital to launch high-res music store in Europe and US | whathifi.com

The albums are also up at Qobuz too: Jack Johnson - Télécharger et écouter les albums.

Hi All, As title states - Jack Johnson's universal albums are available as 24/96 FLAC files from https://www.highresaudio.com/artist.php?abid=213428 (click on the discography to access the six albums). I've downloaded 'To the Sea' - the DR values seem to be similar to the CD version, so no remix/remastering, it would appear: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: /Users/robgoodison/Music/To The Sea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR6 over -8.30 dB 01 You And Your Heart.aiff DR8 -0.00 dB -9.62 dB 02 To The Sea.aiff DR8 -0.00 dB -11.05 dB 03 No Good With Faces.aiff DR7 -0.00 dB -9.35 dB 04 At Or With Me.aiff DR13 over -16.15 dB 05 When I Look Up.aiff DR8 over -9.02 dB 06 From The Clouds.aiff DR14 over -17.12 dB 07 My Little Girl.aiff DR9 -0.00 dB -10.79 dB 08 Turn Your Love.aiff DR7 over -9.10 dB 09 The Upsetter.aiff DR8 over -9.58 dB 10 Red Wine, Mistakes, Mythology.aiff DR8 -0.00 dB -10.19 dB 11 Pictures Of People Taking Pictures.aiff DR13 -0.00 dB -16.17 dB 12 Anything But The Truth.aiff DR8 over -9.71 dB 13 Only The Ocean.aiff ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 13 Official DR value: DR9 ============================================================================================== Spectrum analysis of 'Red Wine, Mistake, Mythology' is:

Downloaded Surfing with the Alien 24/96. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed folder: /Users/robgoodison/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Joe Satriani/Surfing with the Alien [studio Master 24-96] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Filename ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR9 -0.10 dB -10.02 dB 01 Surfing with the Alien.aif DR10 -0.10 dB -11.23 dB 02 Ice 9.aif DR8 -0.10 dB -9.52 dB 03 Crushing Day.aif DR11 -0.10 dB -13.21 dB 04 Always with Me, Always with You.aif DR8 -0.10 dB -10.60 dB 05 Satch Boogie.aif DR10 -0.10 dB -11.49 dB 06 Hill of the Skull.aif DR9 -0.10 dB -13.69 dB 07 Circles.aif DR7 -2.10 dB -9.95 dB 08 Lords of Karma.aif DR12 -2.47 dB -18.26 dB 09 Midnight.aif DR9 -0.10 dB -10.91 dB 10 Echo.aif ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of files: 10 Official DR value: DR9 ============================================================================================== AIF files downloaded, and converted to ALAC - here's a quick spectrum analysis, via Spek:

All Satch's 14 studio albums are available as Studio Master 24/96 downloads from Qobuz: Joe Satriani - Télécharger et écouter les albums. I haven't downloaded any as yet - probably will do later over the weekend. I'll report DR values and sound quality when I can.

Qobuz has a 24/192 download available here: Chronic Town | R.E.M. – Télécharger et écouter l'album

Half on/off topic - has anyone purchased the Studio Master Ten Redux version from Qobuz? It's listed as 24/44, whereas the HDTracks version is listed as 24/88. If you have purchased from Qobuz, what was the sample rate of the files?

I find a number of 'Doug Scripts' invaluable for maintaining my iTunes Library, usually for editing metadata: 1. Put Track Prefix to Track Number - for when tracks aren't tagged with a track number, but the names of the files contain the track number. Select the files, run the script - bang - track numbers entered at a click of a button. 2. Artist to Last-First - I prefer solo artists to be organised by their surnames - so, for example 'Jim Guthrie' displays as 'Jim Guthrie' but he is sorted as 'Guthrie, Jim' - so I find him under 'G' rather than 'J'. 3. Remove n Characters from Front or Back - enables the mass deletion of information from the name, when files are tagged as '01 - Jim Guthrie - Morning Noon Night - Days I Need Off' - I can select multiple files and remove what I do not need. 4. Search-Replace Tag Text - I can batch replace data as necessary. 5. Copy Tag Info Tracks to Tracks - useful for copying metadata from one set of files to another. 6. Proper English Title Capitalization - enables consistent file naming across the library - replaces And/To with and/to etc. All these scripts are free, although I have donated, as these have saved me so much time, particularly of late, when I've restored lossless files to replace M4A files.

Very genre specific. Disappointed not to see Kaki King on the list - phenomenal guitarist.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master And Everyone. Radical Face - Ghost. William Fitzsimmons - Derivatives. It's been so long since I've managed to listen to three albums in an evening.

The Deep Dark Woods - The Place I Left Behind Elliott Smith - XO

Biomedical Scientist specialising in Medical Microbiology for over 19 years - seconded into a Pathology IT role, which has continued for the last 2 years - and somehow risen to Pathology IT Systems Manager.

The 6 track album is available to download in Lossless format (FLAC or ALAC) from Jim's web store for $6.99: http://www.yimyames.com/store/ The album is very good.

If you access Keychain Access Preferences, and head to the Certificates tab - leave OSCP as 'Best attempt' and set CRL to 'Off'. Quit Keychain Access, and try the App Store again - see if the SBOD disappears. I had issues with the Mac App Store in both Snow Leopard and Lion, and making this change makes the whole Mac App Store experience much better - more responsive and no SBODs. I switch CRL back on when not using the Mac App Store - having the Keychain status in the menu bar helps (Keychain Access>Preferences>General).

UK here - available, and installed in a few seconds.