yetanothersteve

If you can send audio out from your turntable to your PC, you could make your own CD? I would not be surprised if this version is available for download as well from some too much time on their hands member of the former USSR. Back when I owned vinyl, I played albums only to record them to another medium that was scratch proof and worked in my car or walkman, like cassette tape.

16 bit 44.1 khz is CD Audio. Itunes supports ALAC, same idea of encapsulating WAV as flac. Google FLAC ALAC and some converters will pop up in the list. Both the HDTracks and the new remix CD are missing the pops, clipping and do not hurt my ears. If only these versions had come out originally, but then what would we have had to complain about on these forums?

Original CD (2002) HDTracks 24/96 2013 CD Remix Tracks DR6 DR6 DR7 01 - One Little Victory DR5 DR6 DR8 02 - Ceiling Unlimited DR5 DR6 DR7 03 - Ghost Rider DR5 DR8 DR7 04 - Peaceable Kingdom DR5 DR7 DR8 05 - The Stars Look Down DR5 DR7 DR6 06 - How It Is DR5 DR7 DR8 07 - Vapor Trail DR4 DR6 DR7 08 - Secret Touch DR5 DR6 DR7 09 - Earthshine DR5 DR6 DR7 10 - Sweet Miracle DR5 DR7 DR7 11 - Nocturne DR6 DR7 DR8 12 - Freeze (Part IV of "Fear") DR4 DR8 DR7 13 - Out Of The Cradle Official DR Value Official DR Value Official DR Value 5 7 7 Readings taken using "DR14 T.meter"

I have the Vapor Trails remaster from HD Tracks. I personally thought that fixed most of the problems with the original. Separation of instruments instead of mud fest, pops and clicks gone, and it is not tiring to listen to from start to finish. If I had known this full remix was coming I probably would have waited before purchasing the HD Tracks....

I plan to copy them to a DVD and play them on my blu-ray player through the Onkyo receiver over digital coaxial (SPDIF). I also plan to downsample to 44.1khz/16bit and burn a CD for the car. Like I wrote previously, the Moving Pictures 30th anniversary remaster CD was a noticeable improvement over the original. I was just wondering if someone had grabbed the Hemispheres HDTracks and had and opinion in comparison to other released versions.

I have the original Hemispheres CD, purchased in '87 or '88. 822 547-2 M-1 Made in W. Germany No scratches or problems with the disc, but I am wondering if I would hear more or be positively surprised by the sound of the HDTracks 96/24 flac compared to the original CD. As background, I bought the HDTracks Vapor Trails and it fixes almost all the problems, to my ear, of the original VT CD. I also have the Moving Pictures CD+DVD 30th anniversary edition and that CD is so much better than the Original CD release from the 80s and made in W. Germany that I also own, that the difference is very easy to hear.

Basically, the lads need to sit down with a few beers and listen to a vinyl pressing of Who's Next before mixing their next album.

From the Alex Lifeson interview in the CA fanpack: "Our plan is to remix it. We've always planned to remix it, for years; our sound engineer, Rich Chycki, is working on that right now. It's our intention to have it as a bonus on the release of this album." That did not happen obviously, but there is another mention in the fanpack specifically in the VT section of the discography: "At the time of writing, it's being remixed from scratch, and the eventual reissue may sound much clearer by comparison." I would wait if I were you.

If the people who pre-ordered the fan pack get their name on the poster, it is not outside the realm of possibility that the CDs could have been personalized with the time the purchaser wanted. Rush may have missed out on another $5 to $15 in upcharge for that privilege. Picking the time would have made me happy. When was the last time Rush made me happy? Oh yeah, The Time Machine tour, their music makes me happy.

I pre-ordered the fan pack as soon as I heard about it. Too much additional swag to not buy it that way.