hw: New Space Ritual edition

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 24/04/2007 14:02, Iain Ferguson wrote:
> Anyone know if we'd have to buy a new kind of CD player ? Or can a 
> standard CD player handle that higher bit rate ?

Nope, standard CD players won't play DVD Audio; they only play Red Book 
CDs (16-bit stereo PCM at 44100 Hz).  You'd need a different dedicated 
player, though I'm pretty sure I can rip this stuff to iTunes (or some 
other player) on my computer and play it like that.  I've already got a 
bunch of higher-than-CD-bitrate audio in there from DVD sources.

> also, not sure about this remaster, as didn't the band / engineer who 
> did the last remaster say they had squeezed everything they could out of 
> the master they were using..

Probably.  If you've got a sufficiently high-end system (and good enough 
ears) then the higher bit rate will make a difference.

> I don't think it was the original multi-track masters, as I'm sure they 
>   would have remixed it at the same time.. I think it was from a 1/2 
> inch master. could be wrong... but thought i'd read it somewhere..

Well, I'm not sure one could make an effective 5.1 mix from a stereo 
master.  Maybe the DTS stuff is simply stereo as well?

Cheers,
Carl

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