HDCDs from China?

China has a huge problem with pirated CDs and DVDs. The government cracks down on occasion, but there are far to many people who make copied CDs and DVDs and then pawn them off on anyone willing to pay the cut-rate prices for which they will sell their illegal discs.

There was a recent topic about this on the Steve Hoffman Forum (stevehoffman.tv). Many of those CDs are indeed legit and HDCD encoded, but some are pirate CDs and only use the HDCD sticker to sell better.

Of course HDCD doesn't say anything on the quality of the remastering.

The Last Comment of Ornette "Of course HDCD doesn't say anything on the quality of the remastering" Is So True
I Bought Several of These HDCDs as well and Some How I feel They are ReMastered in Such a Way That The Bass & Highs are Empahasized More.
I Found the Albums to Be Very Thin and Bright, with very good clarity. Bass Is Emphasized But the Mid range seemed Not Very Liquid or TameAble.
There is Software on the Market "Audio Acoustica" That will Change your MP3s into Cd-Wave Quality CDs or Vice Versa (supposedly). I Almost Think that This Is the Same Process China Uses to get the HDCD. I'm Not an engineer, but perhaps this is the same job a DAC accomplishes... The Better the DAc the Better the End Sonic Quality.
If You Compare These to Standard Quality CDs They're Great... But Compared to Audiophile Quality theres No Comparison.
I think Value was Great I bought a bunch and Paid an Average of $4 per Disc Plus a Discounted Shipping Rate.

I had a friend who returned from a trip to China and came back with the latest Matrix movie. One week after the movie was released in the theater. The packaging was very professional looking. He showed it to me on a computer screen and after a few minutes there was a shadow of a head from someone walking in front of the movie theater screen. I have no doubt that this could happen on any form of media.

I was born and raised in the US but having a wife who is from China and educated at the university level in both countries (Masters degree in China and Law degree in the US) provides for a unique insight into the practices in that country.

Best Regards,

The 24 karat gold digitally remastered HDCD release "The Platters' Platinum Collection" on the Chinese Prime label is outstanding.