Mahler, Symphony No. 9, Bamberg SO, Nott (Tudor). Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 ('The Year 1905'), WDR SO, Bychkov (Avie). Vasks, String Quartets 1-3, Navarra Qt. (Challenge). Mussorgsky, Pictures At An Exhibition, Ivo Pogorelich (DG).
I think you may be wrong again, 'cause the HDCD-encoded CD layer of 2005 BIA hybrid SACD has only DR8, not DR12: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms [2005 Remaster] (HDCD) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR8 -6.12 dB -15.53 dB 5:12 01-So Far Away DR7 -6.12 dB -15.64 dB 8:26 02-Money For Nothing DR6 -6.12 dB -14.20 dB 4:12 03-Walk Of Life DR8 -6.12 dB -15.85 dB 6:34 04-Your Latest Trick DR11 -6.12 dB -19.46 dB 8:31 05-Why Worry DR10 -6.12 dB -18.73 dB 6:58 06-Ride Across The River DR7 -6.12 dB -17.24 dB 4:40 07-The Man's Too Strong DR8 -6.12 dB -15.89 dB 3:40 08-One World DR8 -6.12 dB -17.07 dB 7:00 09-Brothers In Arms -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 9 Official DR value: DR8 Samplerate: 44100 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 760 kbps Codec: FLAC ================================================================================
Another instrumental CD with dynamics: foobar2000 1.1.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0 log date: 2011-12-21 22:09:27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: George Gershwin / Gershwin Plays Gershwin - The Piano Rolls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR15 -1.12 dB -17.85 dB 3:33 01-Sweet And Lowdown DR12 -6.23 dB -21.27 dB 2:41 02-Novelette In Fourths DR13 -0.99 dB -17.64 dB 2:47 03-That Certain Feeling DR14 -6.86 dB -24.44 dB 4:18 04-So Am I DR13 0.00 dB -17.49 dB 14:25 05-Rhapsody In Blue DR12 -4.37 dB -17.88 dB 2:18 06-Swanee DR13 -3.72 dB -19.95 dB 1:58 07-When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want 'Em DR14 -0.32 dB -17.32 dB 3:21 08-Kickin' The Clouds Away DR14 -1.22 dB -18.40 dB 3:00 09-Idle Dreams DR13 -1.97 dB -17.41 dB 2:31 10-On My Mind The Whole Night Long DR15 -2.41 dB -20.79 dB 3:17 11-Scandal Walk DR13 0.00 dB -17.84 dB 16:35 12-An American In Paris -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 12 Official DR value: DR13 Samplerate: 44100 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 16 Bitrate: 1411 kbps Codec: CDDA ================================================================================
Thanks for keeping me on my toes. I had to go down in the basement and dig through my CDs to see if I had some other copy of this album, and indeed I have the Warner remaster from 2000. And WTF did they do with the CD layer on the SACD??? It's an abomination. No wonder I never kept that rip.
Yes, the original mastering of Brothers In Arms has a very impressive dynamic range. I have the West German Vertigo disc. The track "The Man's Too Strong" is incredible. The original AM+ of Cat Stevens Greatest Hits is also very impressive. The track "Hard Headed Woman" is extremely dynamic.
Unless I'm doing something wrong, Elton John's "Captain Fantastic" (German DJM and MCA) both show DR15. Notice that the MCA version has a little more compression than the DJM.
Here are my CDs with DR15: Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (MFSL) Eagles - The Long Run Jethro Tull - Aqualung (DCC) Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (DJM) Huey Lewis And The News - Fore! The Police - Greatest Hits The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work Whitesnake - Slide It In (35DP 118) The Who - Join Together
And those with DR14: Eric Clapton - Slowhand (MFSL) Phil Collins - ...But Seriously Phil Collins - Face Value (AF) Phil Collins - No Jacket Required (AF) Miles Davis - Amandla Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (SICP 1206) Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (WG Target) The Doors - L.A. Woman (DCC) Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls (WG Target) Free - Fire And Water Peter Gabriel - 2/Scratch (V/C) Peter Gabriel - 4/Security (Geffen) Genesis - Invisible Touch (V/C) Jamiroquai - Emergency On Planet Earth Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (MFSL) Jethro Tull - A (UK Chrysalis) Elton John - Caribou (Polydor) Jon And Vangelis - Private Collection Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus (Tuff Gong) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising (Tuff Gong) Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Junk Culture Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (CBS) The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (CBS) Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood (EG) Rush - Moving Pictures (MFSL) Sam & Dave - The Best Of Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints Paul Simon - Concert In The Park Slayer - Reign In Blood Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town Steely Dan - Katy Lied Steely Dan - The Royal Scam Steely Dan - Aja Toto - IV (35DP-12, pre-emphasis!) Way too many with DR13 to list here.
Calling Mac users - can anyone recommend a dynamic range meter that's a standalone product? Not a Waves plugin etc.
Some more digital Pop/Rock music from my collection (CD, DVD, Hi-Rez downloads) with DR over 14: 14 Various Artists / Twang! (1) 14 Bruce Springsteen / Darkness On The Edge Of Town 14 Bryan Ferry / Bete Noire 14 Creedence Clearwater Revival / Cosmo's Factory 14 Deep Purple / The House Of Blue Light 14 Eagles / Farewell I Tour - Live From Melbourne - Disc 1 (24/48, 5.1 -> 2.0) 14 Eagles / Hell Freezes Over (16/48) 14 Eric Clapton / Slowhand 14 Eurythmics / Touch 14 Fleetwood Mac / Rumours 14 Fleetwood Mac / Tango In The Night (24/96, 2011 Remaster) 14 INXS / Kick 14 Refused / The Shape Of Punk To Come (24/96, 5.1 -> 2.0) 14 Steely Dan / Aja 14 Steely Dan / Everything Must Go (24/96, 5.1 -> 2.0) 14 The Stooges / Fun House 14 Whitesnake / Saints & Sinners 14 ZZ Top / Afterburner 14 ZZ Top / Eliminator 15 ABBA / The Visitors 15 Eagles / The Long Run 15 Eric Clapton / 461 Ocean Boulevard 15 Eric Clapton / Another Ticket 15 Laurie Anderson / Big Science 16 Donald Fagen / The Nightfly
Thats not dynamic its crescendo. Any body heard Mike Skeets 'Garage Door' on the HiFi News test cd ? Thats dynamics The Telarc cannons are good too.
Some other digital albums from my collection (CD, DVD, Hi-Rez downloads) with DR over 14: 14 Kraftwerk / The Mix 14 Paco de Lucia / Entre Dos Aguas 14 Paco de Lucia / Luzia 14 Patricia Kaas / Scene de Vie 14 Telex / Neurovision 15 Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin / Friday Night in San Francisco 15 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi / Sibelius:Tone Poems & Incidental Music 15 Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 15 Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, Oskar Danon, etc. / Greetings From Russia 15 Donna Summer / Bad Girls 15 Evgeny Kissin, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 15 Evgeny Kissin, Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov / Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 12; Rondo, K.382 15 Evgeny Kissin, Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine / Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 15 George Michael / Faith 15 Gerard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale / Vivaldi: Cantatas for Alto solo with Instruments 15 Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta / Mozart : Sinfonia Concertante & Concertone 15 John Williams (guitar) / Greatest Hits: Guitar 15 Jon and Vangelis / The Friends of Mr Cairo 15 Kraftwerk / Computer World 15 London Mozart Players, Jane Glover, etc. / Baroque Masterpieces 15 Paco de Lucia, Orquesta de Cadaques, Edmon Colomer / Concierto de Aranjuez 15 The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Mozart: Die Zauberflote - CD 1 15 The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner / Mozart: Die Zauberflote - CD 2 15 Vladimir Horowitz / Horowitz in Moscow 15 Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel / Strauss: The Best of the New Year's Concerts - CD1 15 Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel / Strauss: The Best of the New Year's Concerts - CD2 15 Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti / New Year's Concert 1997 - CD1 15 Zoltan Kocsis / Debussy: Preludes Book 1 & Children's Corner 16 Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado / Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125 (24/96) 16 Paco de Lucia / Siroco
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I had wingrep on my computer so just pulled a few out using that software ... below is some of the pop/rock stuff I have on the computer and have run DR on that is 14 and above ... DR14: Bowery Electric / Untitled [LP] DR14: Breeders / Pod DR14: Brian Eno & David Byrne / My Life in the Bush of Ghosts DR14: Can / Tago Mago DR14: David Bowie / Station to Station [1984 RCA Germany PD81327] DR14: Dire Straits / Dire Straits [1983 WB W2 3266] DR14: Fountainhead / The Burning Touch DR14: John Fahey / Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) DR14: Joy Division / Closer [1991 Japan Boxset] DR14: Keb' Mo' / Keb' Mo' [2011 MFSL] DR14: King Crimson / Three Of A Perfect Pair [Japan VJD-28005] DR14: Paul Simon / Graceland DR14: Pavement / Slanted and Enchanted DR14: Peter Gabriel / Security DR14: Pink Floyd / The Wall [1992 Shine On Box] DR14: Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here [1982 Japan 35DP 4] DR14: PJ Harvey / Dry DR14: PJ Harvey / Rid of Me DR14: Rain Parade / Emergency Third Rail Power Trip & Explosions in the Glass Palace [Restless] DR14: Sad Lovers and Giants / Feeding the Flame DR14: Stooges / Fun House DR14: Swell / 41 DR14: Talking Heads / Fear of Music DR14: Talking Heads / Remain In Light DR14: Talking Heads / Outtakes, Demos & Alternates [Studio Bootleg 1976-1980] DR14: Television / Television [1992 Japan TOCP-7398] DR14: Tom Waits / Rain Dogs DR14: Tracy Chapman / Tracy Chapman DR15: Cure / Seventeen Seconds [LP] DR15: English Beat / Special Beat Service [2010 MFSL LP] DR15: Fountainhead / Rhythm Method EP DR15: Jethro Tull / Aqualung [1997 DCC LP] DR15: Mark Hollis / Mark Hollis DR15: Steve Earle / Guitar Town DR15: Talking Heads / Talking Heads '77 DR15: Tom Verlaine / Flash Light DR16: Kraftwerk / Die Mensch-Maschine DR16: Steve Earle / Copperhead Road
