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| From | plattc@optonline.net |
| Subject | Re: Downloading/purchasing wav quality tracks |
| Date | Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:43:03 +0000 (GMT) |
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Late reply (better than none, eh?), there are a few sites that offer not just wav quality (i.e. 44 khz/16bit) but beyond that. One example I've been looking at recently (because a performance I did with the NY Phil was just made available there) is HDTracks.com, which has limited stuff available at 96kHz/24bit (essentially DVD-A or SACD quality, which presumably is the source for many of their offerings). A lot of classical, but also smatterings of jazz, pop, rock, r&b, whatever. I think one of the labels they have in particular is KOCH, so there's some hi-rez Kinks to be had, even the Smithereen's "Tommy", recently released.
Of course, this assumes you've got the hardware (and/or software) to play the stuff, but options are definitely out there.
Christopher
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Hodges
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:32 pm
Subject: Downloading/purchasing wav quality tracks
To: Audities
> Hello fellow auditeers,
>
> As I was listening to some tracks my daughter downloaded off
> of Itunes,
> I got to thinking that there must be a better (cheaper) way of
> getting
> single tracks in CD quality than hunting down the disc on amazon
> for the
> single track.
>
> When I focus on a good song, I need it in the best quality
> available
> (which is one reason I hate "itunes-only" releases). Is there a
> service or
> source that provides wav or flac files of songs?
>
> It would be like buying 45s, which I used to love to do.
>
> Mike
>
>
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