Everlasting Dance Trax
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Cut-offs @ 18-20KHz. I think it's a mixed bag.eXtaticus wrote:I can guarantee you that it's in no way going to be 24-bit audio from a truly 24-bit source, but this looks pretty sweet nonetheless.
Reason being that I can't see a scenario in which 24-bit audio would be possible, or even necessary. If they're remastering from previous digital pressings of the songs, they'll be CD quality, which is 16-bit. Even if they're going from the original tape masters, the digital tape will be 16-bit, and the analog tape will have a noise floor greater than 16-bit audio, so 24-bit remastering would be fruitless.
As well as that, this compilation is being distributed in a maximum of 320k MP3 - and the compression artefacts and heightened noise floor mean that any theoretical gain in quality from 24-bit remastering is totally lost in the compression process.
Taking that into account, it might be interesting to do a test to see whether or not these tracks are actually true 320k quality or just up-sampled from a lower bit-rate. I'll download it, though, because I'm looking for decent-quality radio edits of some old Italo tracks - and this appears to be a decent starting point.
I'm also curious as to what "remastering" actually means in this instance. I, for example, remaster Italo Disco songs by compressing, EQing and cleaning the hell out of them - whereas others might just be looking for a simple bit of gain-matching. And when I'm out walking while listening to my MP3 player, I appreciate the volume being consistent between songs.
I'll download it and post a short review of it when I'm done; watch this space.
>24-bit digitally remastered
>181.41MB
Seems legit.
