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What are the best digital recordings I can buy ?

I'm wondering:

1) What are the best digital formats I can buy via internet download or other delivery means today? I

2) Is there a way to buy a high resolution digital master file if I want to?

3) Are there specific native high res DAC products (native, not up or over sampled) available to me today (home or commercial grade) that I can use to hook my computer up to my stereo and play these with? Where can I find such products? Which ones are good?

It has to be a native format that exceeds Redbook CD resolution otherwise there is no inherent added value.
mapman

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dcstep
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Mapman, if you insist on native, then there are about 6000 SACDs available. That format, in a great player, rivals analog, IMHO. Already mention is DVD, but it doesn't have near as many discs and seems unlikely to produce more. Blu-ray is coming and, hopefully, some day soon we'll have thousands of B-r discs to select from, but that's a bit of a gamble right now.

I'd suggest that you seriously investigate unsampling schemes, as used by Emm, dCS and Playback Designs. Redbook CDs sound stunning through these DACs getting very, very close to SACD, IME.

Dave
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