In the last episode we saw what pushed me to get interested in high-definition audio and how this started from a personal need and quite dated: the recordings of concerts.
once managed to get a chain capable of playing audio HDA, I looked around on the internet looking for any sites that sell music HD. After a little 'research I found HDtracks, a project Chesky Records known audiophile label. Immediately intrigued by the prices, I wanted to download a couple of sample songs, but I noticed that it was impossible for users outside the U.S.. He was prevented to start recording, who did not accept my e-mail on the domain email.it.
At that point I figured that controlled the interface. "It" ultimate limit to. "Com" or similar domains mainly USA registration. In providing an e-mail with the ". Com", the registration is successful.
the form of personal data have failed to indicate the address, let alone the nationality, of course. Another possible block to system level for non-USA is the control of the issuer of the credit card, whose code is contained in the numbers of the card.
Since you could pay with Paypal, I thought that using my address. "Com" to pay, skip controls nationality because the seller is not aware of the number of paper anyway. In fact I managed to finish a couple of test purchases.
HDTracks section has a high-definition 24/88 or 24/96. I bought two pieces long enough to calmly assess the goodness of the solution.
Turning on the internet I found that the site of 2L , Norwegian audiophile label, which has a ' entire page dedicated to useful hd sample, from 96 to 192 KHz to flac / wav, and even master DSD and DXD ( 24/352.8!).
The results vary from very good to excellent, as usual in dependence on the recording. For example, 32 of Beethoven's Sonata 2L is the best I've heard from my system with regard to the piano.
should also have the songs to 16/44.1 (standard CD) to make comparisons, although you can produce them through the PC and a good conversion program.
is struck by the tone, consistent at all frequencies. The soundstage is very wide. Each instrument is more identifiable as the position, and is always easily distinguishable from the others. The general feeling is the same that you feel when listening to an inexpensive CD player, you go to a high-end player. The big advantage of using a DAC against high / low resolution, however, is that part of the D / A conversion is unchanged and therefore the comparison is much more reliable.
In the next episode we will see what I thought hardware changes to my system as a function of high-definition audio and talk about more plays.
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