Tomas Örnberg's BLUE FIVE from DSDfile.com

[warp2600]

Has anybody purchased this? I have one of the tracks (Black Beauty) from a sample compilation by DSDfile (in dsd128) and it is absolutely stunning. A wonderful Ellington tune with amazing SQ.

I wonder if the other tracks on the album are similarly great because if they are, I definitely want the whole album.

[warp2600]

Nobody?

That's strange. If a large (?) dedicated high res community like this cannot produce one single person who buys this then it must be very hard to sell this kind of product profitably.

Well, I think I will buy this on faith.

[flatmap]

Please let us what you think.

 

There doesn't seem to be any way to preview tracks on DSDFile. That's the biggest impediment to purchasing. I know, in the (somewhat) old days, most of us never got a chance to preview the tracks on a physical disc. But with downloads, it's an expectation. Take a look, for example, at what they do at eClassical. I buy all sorts of things that I'm not familiar with because of their excellent preview feature.

[orgel]

Looks like there are 1-minute previews of five of the tracks here:

 

Tracklist Swedish Jazz Kings / BLUE FIVE, A selection of...

 

(Not the Ellington, though.)

 

As a jazz fan, I have to say that while I think recording these tunes using the current SOTA is an admirable and worthwhile artistic endeavor, this has to be classified as music for a niche audience (one could posit that all serious jazz recordings are for a niche audience), so one probably shouldn't extrapolate the fate of high-res downloads generally from this one recording.

 

--David

[bmoura]

Please let us what you think.

 

There doesn't seem to be any way to preview tracks on DSDFile. That's the biggest impediment to purchasing. I know, in the (somewhat) old days, most of us never got a chance to preview the tracks on a physical disc. But with downloads, it's an expectation. Take a look, for example, at what they do at eClassical. I buy all sorts of things that I'm not familiar with because of their excellent preview feature.

 

DSD File does offer a free DSD download - Meetin' At The Building by Eric Bibb in DSD 64 and DSD 128.

Worth downloading.

 

DSD File | Free DSD Download

[Teresa]

Has anybody purchased this? I have one of the tracks (Black Beauty) from a sample compilation by DSDfile (in dsd128) and it is absolutely stunning. A wonderful Ellington tune with amazing SQ.

I wonder if the other tracks on the album are similarly great because if they are, I definitely want the whole album.

 

Yes I have the complete album in 5.6MHz DSD and it does sound wonderful and great music too.

[warp2600]

Looks like there are 1-minute previews of five of the tracks here:

 

Tracklist Swedish Jazz Kings / BLUE FIVE, A selection of...

 

(Not the Ellington, though.)

 

As a jazz fan, I have to say that while I think recording these tunes using the current SOTA is an admirable and worthwhile artistic endeavor, this has to be classified as music for a niche audience (one could posit that all serious jazz recordings are for a niche audience), so one probably shouldn't extrapolate the fate of high-res downloads generally from this one recording.

 

--David

 

Thanks, David for the link; and Teresa for the recommendation. The sampled tracks are more mellow than the one I have in my compilation album but they could be perfect for a rainy day like this.

i know that high res download is for a niche market but i thought that the majority of the target audience listens to jazz.

[warp2600]

DSD File does offer a free DSD download - Meetin' At The Building by Eric Bibb in DSD 64 and DSD 128.

Worth downloading.

 

DSD File | Free DSD Download

 

I know. That's the one that prompted me to download their compilation albums in DSD 128. Great stuff. Highest quality.