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Well, as I said – a quick run around the companies that over today the hi-res file to public shows off a much sad state. For whoever reason people feel that if it hi-res records then the performance might be mediocre or the recording techniques might be barbaric. The is company Gimell that might do better job.

http://www.gimell.com/catalogue.aspx?filter=Studio+Master

This midlevel music is not my cap of tea but the fact that they stuck with I find is very inspiring and promising.

There is iTrax company. I have no idea what they are.  Hey sell some recordings in all imaginable formats.

http://www.itrax.com/Pages/AlbumDetails.php?aID=e82d3288fdaaadf3f1a1fcd3ce71f830

They claim:

“PCM at 96 kHz/24-bits gives you all of the fidelilty of the master. This is the file type used during our production process. The bit-rate for the stereo files is 4608 kbps and 13824 kbps for the surround files.”

The production process of my ass! They do not record music but just resale others file. So, they get the publically available CD, “master” it in different formats and then sell it as craps that has “fidelity of the master”.  Looking at what they, the HDTracks and a few other bandits do I would propose that it is dangers to buy files not from the sources that records them.  The reseller looks like Morons and Idiots with whom better do not deal.

The Brits Pristine “eventually” heard my call. A few years back I begged them to sell the raw 24-bit masters bit not the 16/44 releases, as the down conversion below 20 bit kills too much of sound. It looks like nowadays they get smarter and make 24 bit available:

http://www.pristineclassical.com/More/DownloadFormats.html

Unfortunately they do not make the raw 24-bit file available. They heavily process the files with their in house “restoration ceremony” and make the 24-bit after ceremony masters available. It is MUCH better then what they use to do porting this music to 16 bit on crapy CDs. Stull, I would like to get the raw 24-bit file BEFORE they do the mastering. It shall be my decision if I prefer their “mastering “and I do not what anybody makes this decision for me.

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