Musicophile Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I just bought the newly released Live in London by the great Esbjörn Svensson Trio. An otherwise excellent album (and cheap with €5.99 Qobuz Sublime discounted price). The only thing is, it is not 24/96, but pretty clearly 24/48. DR is good though 10-14. So no reason not to buy, just be aware that the format is misleading. MikeJazz 1 Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
rodrigaj Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 @Musicophile When looking at the graph, how do you determine a DR of 10 - 14? "The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought", Sir Thomas Beecham. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, rodrigaj said: @Musicophile When looking at the graph, how do you determine a DR of 10 - 14? It‘s not in there (Musicscope uses a different DR measure), the DR values are calculated by Audirvana. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
rodrigaj Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 15 minutes ago, Musicophile said: It‘s not in there (Musicscope uses a different DR measure), the DR values are calculated by Audirvana. Thanks! I'm a relatively new A+ user. How do I see DR values in Audirvana? I've looked through the manual and nothing jumped out at me. "The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought", Sir Thomas Beecham. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, rodrigaj said: Thanks! I'm a relatively new A+ user. How do I see DR values in Audirvana? I've looked through the manual and nothing jumped out at me. It’s a function called calculate replay gain that you can activate in the album info. It’s used if you want to harmonize the loudness but it also fills the DR field of the A+ database which you can show for example in lost mode. rodrigaj 1 Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 highresaudio offers a 24/48 version only - and no 24/96 version. I wonder who does the upsampling - qobuz? Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 12 hours ago, EuroChamp said: highresaudio offers a 24/48 version only - and no 24/96 version. I wonder who does the upsampling - qobuz? I’d be surprised but don’t know. I’m still waiting to hear back from their customer service. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Musicophile said: I’d be surprised but don’t know. I’m still waiting to hear back from their customer service. Would be great if you could let us know about their answer. The album is really good and I want to buy it, but in the most native resolution. It looks like 24/48 is the right one. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 hour ago, EuroChamp said: Would be great if you could let us know about their answer. The album is really good and I want to buy it, but in the most native resolution. It looks like 24/48 is the right one. They just asked me if I had a screenshot, so I shared it with them (plus the information that competition is selling a different version). I'm pretty sure you're safe buying the 24/48 from HRA, as you clearly have information up to 24khz, and Musicscope indicated bits being used above 16. It's a really nice album by the way, I have a review in the making. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 HRA is an option of course. Would prefer Qobuz, because I am a Sublime+ customer. I will wait ... and for your review Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, EuroChamp said: HRA is an option of course. Would prefer Qobuz, because I am a Sublime+ customer. I will wait ... and for your review Well, I guess you can buy the current 24/96 and just get some empty bytes.... But I'll keep you posted. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
EuroChamp Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 48 minutes ago, Musicophile said: Well, I guess you can buy the current 24/96 and just get some empty bytes.... But I'll keep you posted. according to my knowledge a change from 48 kHz to 96 kHz is resampling. A change from 16 to 24 bit were indeed some empty bytes. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 1 hour ago, EuroChamp said: according to my knowledge a change from 48 kHz to 96 kHz is resampling. A change from 16 to 24 bit were indeed some empty bytes. You're correct obviously. In the meantime, Qobuz admitted that it looks fishy and are reaching out to their supplier, and have offered me a free download in compensation. They should rather hurry up fixing this, it is now on their no. 1 of their download charts. mcgillroy 1 Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 3:19 PM, EuroChamp said: HRA is an option of course. Would prefer Qobuz, because I am a Sublime+ customer. I will wait ... and for your review Just published my review here: https://musicophilesblog.com/2018/05/21/esbjorn-svensson-trio-live-in-london-a-review/ Still haven't heard back from Qobuz after they reached out to their supplier (and they are still selling the 24/96). Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
asdf1000 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 11 minutes ago, Musicophile said: Still haven't heard back from Qobuz after they reached out to their supplier (and they are still selling the 24/96). We would hope Qobuz themselves are checking the files they receive from their suppliers... not leaving it to the end customer to find things look fishy... Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 6 hours ago, Em2016 said: We would hope Qobuz themselves are checking the files they receive from their suppliers... not leaving it to the end customer to find things look fishy... yeah, you'd hope so. I guess it's a question of volume, and this has been my first bad apple in quite a while now (I check all of my downloads directly after purchase, and buy 2-3 per month). Other industries use similar mechanisms too (e.g. if you find this cheaper anywhere, we'll match the price....) HRA is much more diligent on this side, but then again, their catalog is smaller. asdf1000 1 Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
Popular Post mansr Posted May 21, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, Musicophile said: yeah, you'd hope so. I guess it's a question of volume, and this has been my first bad apple in quite a while now A while back, I bought a 5-CD set of Debussy piano works from Qobuz. Two of them were clearly upsampled. Now it's piano, so there's no high-frequency content to begin with. I only got the hi-res version in the hopes that the 24-bit release would be the least mangled. Musicophile and asdf1000 1 1 Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 9 hours ago, mansr said: A while back, I bought a 5-CD set of Debussy piano works from Qobuz. Two of them were clearly upsampled. Now it's piano, so there's no high-frequency content to begin with. I only got the hi-res version in the hopes that the 24-bit release would be the least mangled. Which pianist was this? And did you flag it to Qobuz? Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
mansr Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Musicophile said: Which pianist was this? This set: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/claude-debussy-complete-works-for-piano-jean-efflam-bavouzet/0095115174326 7 hours ago, Musicophile said: And did you flag it to Qobuz? How would I do that? Do they care? Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, mansr said: This set: https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/claude-debussy-complete-works-for-piano-jean-efflam-bavouzet/0095115174326 How would I do that? Do they care? Send a message to their customer service. In my case, they reached out to their supplier (and I got a free album for alerting them). I have that box actually, which ones are the upsampled ones? Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
mansr Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 1 minute ago, Musicophile said: I have that box actually, which ones are the upsampled ones? The first two. Link to comment
Musicophile Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, mansr said: The first two. Thanks. I never checked the entire box as I started buying vol 4 initially which was ok and only bought the fulll box later. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
asdf1000 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 56 minutes ago, mansr said: How would I do that? [email protected] 56 minutes ago, mansr said: Do they care? Only one way to find out ! They will reply. Hopefully in a caring fashion. Musicophile 1 Link to comment
mcgillroy Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Qobuz customer service usually is responsive and will offer some sort of compensation in case of complaints. If they indeed follow up and investigate upsampling is another question. Link to comment
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