HDTracks 96/24 Hemispheres vs. 1987 Original CD

[yetanothersteve]

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.

[Snaked]

I don't know how you can improve upon perfection?

(speaking of Hemispheres here)

[dilbertyard]

It probably won't be much of a difference unless your computer can actually output in 96/24 and you have a nice pair of headphones or speakers.

[canadianice]

Would be really cool if you could upload that hd track version of vt for us. thanks

[yetanothersteve]

It probably won't be much of a difference unless your computer can actually output in 96/24 and you have a nice pair of headphones or speakers.

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.