I have been buying classical CD's for $2.99 at a local closeout chain called Pic n' Save. They are 20 bit digital recordings mastered via 32 bit sound processing. Most are done in England and are performed by the Danish Royal Orchestra. They are distributed by The International Music Company, Hamburg, Germany. I do not know if these qualify a specialy recorded/engineered disks, but they sure do sound a lot better than my regular much more expensive classical CD's. I play them on an old CAL player that I believe has an 18 bit converter. I also have some MFSL CD's and enjoy their smoothness but do not like the low (in comparison to my regular CD's) recording level. Ry Cooder I have noticed seems to have very high quality engineering work done on his CD's, though I don't see that they are recorded in any special manner. Elton John's CD's seem to be some of the worst engineered CD's that I own and he's a perfectionist. Go figure. I would like to have a better understanding of the new to be formats, but have been too lazy to study the subject. It would be nice to know which type of transports will become obsolete.
REmastered classic CD's
Can some one brieflt explain why many of the newly remasterd CD's sound so much better than the originals. Many say they are using 20 (or higher) bit technology. But we're still listening with 16/44 equipment. I'm not complaining , mind you, I love the changes! Some of the better producers of the 70's like Bill Smlyzck (sp) of Eagles fame did some nice studio work for bands like the Eagles and James Gang. so what does the new re-mastering do?