since Alan Davey has been brought up

[Paul Mather]

On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Jonathan Smith <smithjm77x7 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 5.1 a separate issue. It just gives you a surround sound which can be nice.
> HD stereo should give you the full 24-bit sound of the master tapes. A CD
> is limited to 16-bit.

But the Golden Age of Hawkwind is all on analogue master tapes, so the most important factor is arguably not the bit depth but of how well the analogue to digital transfer is done.  If you screw that up then all the rest is just putting lipstick on a pig. :-)

Cheers,

Paul.