Continued from part 1: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...-reissues-thread.399367/page-68#post-12250260
Has anyone analyzed the 24/96 AFTK from the Sector set previously available and determined if those were true 24/96 or upsampled as well?
Thanks! Wonder what happened to the tape between now and then or if it was just a screw up to put it out in 24/44.1.
Being a minor fan, Im hoping the new remaster of Moving Pictures turns out great. 2112, Moving Pictures and a few of their hits is about all I can do of Rush at this point. Fly By Night is still a fun song.
I corresponded with Chad Kassem about the YouTube video with the A Farewell to Kings huge label defect. QRP took the video very seriously and along with Universal Music Group, mounted an investigation. They came to the conclusion that the LP in the video was NOT pressed at QRP. A Farewell to Kings pressings from QRP have a legal line at the bottom of the label. The LP in the YouTube video does not have the legal line and could not have been pressed at QRP.
My European copy will arrive soon. Will see if the label matches the vinyl shown in the video. My other pressings from gzvinyl are generally good.
I asked Pono about the possible upsampling of the 24/192 files. Here is their reply: "We would have to submit an inquiry to the music supplier to see if this was imported in the correct resolution. This process may take a couple weeks"
got my other copy of kings today. this one was doomed on side 1, worse than the last. they wont ever get these things right. all luck of draw. a few slight pops durning madrail again.. oh iam keeping this one.. I don't care anymore. hemispheres will have the same problems iam sure. I only care about waves. pictures and signals. hopefully they will get it right by that time... hopefully
It's truly sad to see that you guys getting defective vinyl. This is just getting ridiculous, and with a title as groundbreaking as A Farewell to Kings, I know you guys definitely deserve better than this. I wish you all the best of luck in your pursuits of receiving that particular copy that's about as close to perfect as you can get.
Very few people seem to know, but it's speculated that there is some kind of mess-up with this one and that's the reason HDtracks doesn't sell it. It's sold as 24/44.1 at PSM and the hi-res versions at Pono/Qobuz/AS show signs of being upsampled, not true hi-res. I'm not convinced sample rate is everything, but I do think this is the least good sounding of the 2015 remasters so far.
ProStudioMasters just sent out a promo email. Their code (good until Wednesday midnight PDT) is KINGS. A Farewell to Kings it their top featured album in the email, and as Mij Retrac mentioned above, it's available in 24/96k and 24/192k now, no 44.1k. It could be that they've gotten the problem sorted out...
Unless someone here has been in contact with PSM and received such a confirmation, I'd be hesitant to assume anything. Are the folks at PSM aware of the issues being raised here?
My copy of AFTK arrived yesterday from Acoustic Sounds. Nice dish warp and a good amount of surface noise even after it was run through the Spin Clean. I am waiting to hear back to obtain my refund. I'm done with this particular reissue series. All of my old school Rush LPs sound just fine.
Yeah I'm still hesitant on Farewell to Kings. I did scoop up All The World's a Stage with the KINGS code, but cannot manage to get it downloaded via their installer application.