Rockosmith Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Has anyone listened to the new 24/96 or 24/192 Hemispheres tracks yet? Are they an improvement over other releases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I have. I have a hi-res player so I bought it from Qobuz. There's better dynamics and it's not loud but that might be down to the source rather than bits and bites and sampling rates. It sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockosmith Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 I have. I have a hi-res player so I bought it from Qobuz. There's better dynamics and it's not loud but that might be down to the source rather than bits and bites and sampling rates. It sounds good to me. But is that the mastering just released today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I have. I have a hi-res player so I bought it from Qobuz. There's better dynamics and it's not loud but that might be down to the source rather than bits and bites and sampling rates. It sounds good to me. But is that the mastering just released today?I thought that was just released on vinyl. The 24/96 version I have was released in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockosmith Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) I have. I have a hi-res player so I bought it from Qobuz. There's better dynamics and it's not loud but that might be down to the source rather than bits and bites and sampling rates. It sounds good to me. But is that the mastering just released today?I thought that was just released on vinyl. The 24/96 version I have was released in 2013. The vinyl and hi-res remastered 24/96 and 24/192 at HDTracks were released today as well. Edited May 19, 2015 by Rockosmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I have. I have a hi-res player so I bought it from Qobuz. There's better dynamics and it's not loud but that might be down to the source rather than bits and bites and sampling rates. It sounds good to me. But is that the mastering just released today?I thought that was just released on vinyl. The 24/96 version I have was released in 2013. The vinyl and hi-res remastered 24/96 and 24/192 at HDTracks were released today as well.Hmmm. Like I said, what I've got is very good, nothing like the series of remasters we've suffered through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I've just acquired the new Hemispheres HD tracks, I'll let you know how they sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockosmith Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . The Sectors are not highly regarded. While an improvment over the 97 remasters, Andy used a bit too much compression and there was some dynamic range lost. Also, there were errors and some mixes were incorrectly used. That being said the FBN disk from Sectors, with the fixed tracks does sound really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool I sent you a PM yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool I sent you a PM yesterday. I am getting a potential virus warning from that link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas7 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I bought the SACD version of Hemispheres and it's awesome. Bought Sectors 3 and was disappointed. For me the best versions of the songs are on a compilation called Rush - Gold. Looks like someone did some basic EQ and balanced the songs from the various albums nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony R Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool I sent you a PM yesterday. I am getting a potential virus warning from that link No way. It's just a link to a file I uploaded myself. It's up to you but I can assure you my credentials are impeccable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . I'm not a fan of the Sectors box sets. I really like them, i am constantly playing something from them. Too many people dissing the hd tracks versions, so i am passing on them. But to each there own, hope you enjoy then, Tony----cheers I can upload one of the tracks for you if you wish. Ok, that would be cool I sent you a PM yesterday. I am getting a potential virus warning from that link No way. It's just a link to a file I uploaded myself.It's up to you but I can assure you my credentials are impeccable. I believe you Tony, I am just telling you what happened when i tried to go the link, it is unfortunate-----cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Trustme, stick to the Sectors box sets!!!! If you don,t believe me, go to the Steve Hoffman forums, . The Sectors are not highly regarded. While an improvment over the 97 remasters, Andy used a bit too much compression and there was some dynamic range lost. Also, there were errors and some mixes were incorrectly used. That being said the FBN disk from Sectors, with the fixed tracks does sound really good. Just about anything beats those '97 remasters. Sacre Bleu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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