It’s magic, like a thermos it keeps hot thing hot and cold things cold. Magic.
Where does music come from that streams?
If I was creating my own streaming company, would I reproduce songs from a CD or from a record? So when I listen to my streaming source, qobuz, where do they get the music I listen to? Does the music come from master tapes? Well that would seem to be a pretty good place to get it
Sometimes I wonder, a particular song on qobuz doesn’t sound very good and I know I’ve heard it better in the past. And most stuff sounds pretty good and comparable to other sources.
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@jacobsdad2000 , that is an absolute classic line! How do it know? |
Speaking as someone familiar with record companies, usually the master used for the cd is also supplied to the streamers. Some services, like Qobuz, request a higher bit rate file, in that case often the lp master is used, if a 24 bit lp master was indeed made. Apple is now asking for records to also be delivered in Spatial Audio where a separate master is made from what are called stems. )This can sound pretty cool or like a dogs breakfast.) |
Lots of BS in this thread. They often come from CDs, they picture the CD art usually. They also tell you what remaster it is. Sometimes several different versions are available but other times, the version you want isn’t. For higher resolution versions, see response by @yaluaka https://open.qobuz.com/album/0088807234916 Edit to add: the shared link doesn’t say that this is the Rudy Van Gelder Remaster but when you log in to your account, you see that. |
@carlsbad2 After reading your post, I had no choice, but to listen to Gene Ammons - Boss tenor LP. He is one of my favorites. Recording engineer for this Blue Note LP was Rudy Van Gelder. Link you posted says the first three tracks were remastered by Rudy. What does this means? I assume that streaming uses three tracks remastered by Rudy. But the original CD tracks contain only the album version. Let me know if my understanding is correct or not. In many way I am glad 90% of my jazz collection is in vinyl. I spent a fortune chasing albums from my favorite artists and it was money well spent. While listening to Boss Tenor, I noticed imaging and layering (depth) in this album was excellent. Gene Ammons was on left side with congo drums placed just behind him (almost outside of my left speaker). Double bass was placed between left and center (more towards center) and Tommy Flannigan's piano placed between center and right, but in the second row. The drums were located in the third row from center to far left. I continued with Dave Brubeck's Time Further Out (Columbia) and finished the session with John Lewis playing J.S. Bach's Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (Phillips). If you haven't,. give a try to John Lewis album. It has a jazz flavor even though a classical album. Anyway, thank for get me going this evening. |
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