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Would you be able to share specific passages? The neighbour commenter mentioned fingerprinting, it might be that or bad master.

by SSLy 6y ago

willtim 6y ago
Sure, one example is the first minute opening of Osmo Vanska's Mahler 5. The big crescendo between 40-45 seconds sounds particularly bad, lots of break-up and distortion. Sounds fantastic on the CD.
- kingosticks 6y ago
  This https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5q6IEheMUjOTYJar4f54 https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5q6IEheMUjOTYJar4f54 ? It sounds fine to me but the exact copy I get might well be different to you if we are in different regions.
  - kingosticks 6y ago
    The Spotify version sounds identical to the tidal "hifi" version (to me). I'm actually pretty curious now what this amazing CD version sounds like! I'm currently on a Tidal free trial but I won't be moving from Spotify when it's up. I personally can't tell the difference. Maybe I'm half deaf but ignorence is bliss.
    - willtim 6y ago
      I've uploaded a small example, a small clip taken from the CD followed by the same clip captured from Spotify: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3NvOpqcMfvNSmyyvbgfUlV6XMO1HLJ5/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3NvOpqcMfvNSmyyvbgfUlV6XMO...
      - kingosticks 6y ago
        Cool, thanks! I had a go at a comparison. This is Spotify ("Very high" and volume normalization disabled), then Tidal ("HiFi") and then yours (CD then Spotify). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Stns23J5aRoj9EeZBVKrX35Cxfhjdg3C/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Stns23J5aRoj9EeZBVKrX35Cxfh... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAITjrK39fiJYOT53ghq9DbC-e4AAlnn/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAITjrK39fiJYOT53ghq9DbC-e4... If it's helpful for you, the code 'LIDLMUSIC' gives a free 6-month Tidal trial. It might be UK specific I have no idea.
        willtim 6y ago
        Very strange, I can confirm that your Spotify sample does sound much better than my one. Mine sounds identical on Windows and Android though, two very different platforms, so it may indeed be a UK problem. Thank you very much for the code.
- SonOfLilit 6y ago
  Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/2in7T2TWPkJW6Z6Ih9P4Ew?si=7e65d98c5ae74195 https://open.spotify.com/track/2in7T2TWPkJW6Z6Ih9P4Ew?si=7e6... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcl20dgHSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcl20dgHSM Sounds identical (and very noisy) on Spotify and Youtube on my very crappy laptop speakers. I don't own the CD.
  - willtim 6y ago
    This reply might be interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26354999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26354999

Would you be able to share specific passages? The neighbour commenter mentioned fingerprinting, it might be that or bad master.

by SSLy 6y ago

Would you be able to share specific passages? The neighbour commenter mentioned fingerprinting, it might be that or bad master.

willtim 6y ago

Sure, one example is the first minute opening of Osmo Vanska's Mahler 5. The big crescendo between 40-45 seconds sounds particularly bad, lots of break-up and distortion. Sounds fantastic on the CD.

kingosticks 6y ago
This https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5q6IEheMUjOTYJar4f54 https://open.spotify.com/album/1V5q6IEheMUjOTYJar4f54 ? It sounds fine to me but the exact copy I get might well be different to you if we are in different regions.
- kingosticks 6y ago
  The Spotify version sounds identical to the tidal "hifi" version (to me). I'm actually pretty curious now what this amazing CD version sounds like! I'm currently on a Tidal free trial but I won't be moving from Spotify when it's up. I personally can't tell the difference. Maybe I'm half deaf but ignorence is bliss.
  - willtim 6y ago
    I've uploaded a small example, a small clip taken from the CD followed by the same clip captured from Spotify: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3NvOpqcMfvNSmyyvbgfUlV6XMO1HLJ5/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3NvOpqcMfvNSmyyvbgfUlV6XMO...
    - kingosticks 6y ago
      Cool, thanks! I had a go at a comparison. This is Spotify ("Very high" and volume normalization disabled), then Tidal ("HiFi") and then yours (CD then Spotify). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Stns23J5aRoj9EeZBVKrX35Cxfhjdg3C/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Stns23J5aRoj9EeZBVKrX35Cxfh... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAITjrK39fiJYOT53ghq9DbC-e4AAlnn/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rAITjrK39fiJYOT53ghq9DbC-e4... If it's helpful for you, the code 'LIDLMUSIC' gives a free 6-month Tidal trial. It might be UK specific I have no idea.
      - willtim 6y ago
        Very strange, I can confirm that your Spotify sample does sound much better than my one. Mine sounds identical on Windows and Android though, two very different platforms, so it may indeed be a UK problem. Thank you very much for the code.
SonOfLilit 6y ago
Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/2in7T2TWPkJW6Z6Ih9P4Ew?si=7e65d98c5ae74195 https://open.spotify.com/track/2in7T2TWPkJW6Z6Ih9P4Ew?si=7e6... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcl20dgHSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTcl20dgHSM Sounds identical (and very noisy) on Spotify and Youtube on my very crappy laptop speakers. I don't own the CD.
- willtim 6y ago
  This reply might be interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26354999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26354999