Hi Gary, I'm not sure which issues are most important here. Is it false advertising, or the buyer being denied listening quality? Regards Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary A. Galo" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2017 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings > The display on my Benchmark DAC3 HGC tells me the bit rate and sampling > rate. > > Gary > > ____________________________ > > Gary Galo > Audio Engineer Emeritus > The Crane School of Music > SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 > > "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." > Arnold Schoenberg > > "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." > Igor Markevitch > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eli Bildirici > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 7:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings > > Hmm. That sounds very strange. What exactly is telling you the bitrate and > samplerate of this content - the Oppos, your receiver, or something else? > Could there be a weird firmware issue on the Oppos with these discs? Have > you tried other Pure Audio BDs on them to confirm? > Could they have meant to make an additional release of this content at > 24/48 DTS-MA, and put the wrong 'pressing' in this package? Directly > advertising falsely in this manner is otherwise pretty egregious > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Gary A. Galo" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 06:04 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings > >> >> Hi Corey, >> >> The problem is that it specifically says, on the covers, that they're >> Pure Audio Blu-ray at 24-bit/192 kHz. Here's the link to the series on >> the Almaraz web site (they're the Mexican dealer that ships to the US): >> >> https://www.almarazrecords.com/collections/theanaloggoldenage >> >> Scroll down to the 5th row to find the Blu-ray discs. Discs that follow >> the Pure Audio specifications must be PCM, so they will play on any >> Blu-ray player. Those discs may also contain Dolby or DTS programs, but >> the Pure Audio portion is high-res PCM. If there really isn't any >> high-res PCM program on these discs, then calling them Pure Audio 24/192 >> is false advertising. If transfer, restoration and editing is done at >> 192/24, and the finished product is converted to DTS HD at 48 kHz, a >> manufacturer can't call it Pure Audio Blu-ray. More info on the Pure >> Audio format can be found here: >> >> http://www.pureaudio-bluray.com/ >> >> None of the color buttons, which Pure Audio uses to change formats, >> function on these discs, and the Audio format button on my Oppo remote >> controls only brings up "1/1 DTS HD" on my TV screen. The "1/1" means 1 >> of 1 - there are no other choices. >> >> I've emailed the Pure Audio folks about this to see what they have to >> say. >> >> Best, >> Gary >> >> >> ____________________________ >> >> Gary Galo >> Audio Engineer Emeritus >> The Crane School of Music >> SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 >> >> "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." >> Arnold Schoenberg >> >> "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." >> Igor Markevitch >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Corey Bailey >> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2017 5:13 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings >> >> Hi Gary, >> >> I'm not surprised. 48K/24Bit is the film industry standard. As one who >> edited and mastered DVDs for a few of the major film studios, I can tell >> you that while the video was generally remastered to a Hi-Def format, the >> audio (at least, for the couple of hundred feature film titles and TV >> shows that I worked on) was re-purposed from Std. Def DVD files. I would >> expect that DVD-A is no different, weather it is mastered with DTS >> encoding or Dolby AC3. >> >> Regards, >> >> Corey >> >> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering >> www.baileyzone.net >> >> On 12/8/2017 11:22 AM, Gary A. Galo wrote: >> > Does anyone know anything about the Decca Analog Golden Era recordings >> > that are being issued by Universal Mexico? I just got the four Blu-ray >> > discs of the Del Monaco operas. Despite the claim that these are >> > PureAudio Blu-ray discs at 192 kHz/24-bit, the only program I can find >> > on my Oppo UDP-205 or my wife's BDP-93 is DTS HD at 48 kHz/24-bit. Have >> > you heard anything about these? I'm wondering if I am the only one who >> > noticed. The reviewers in Fanfare all seem to have only the CD versions >> > of these remasterings, not the Blu-rays. >> > >> > It seems very strange that these are coming out of Mexico only. The >> > booklets say that the actual tape-to digital transfers were done at >> > Abbey Road Studios, which I also find strange. I thought all the Decca >> > tapes were in Hanover. >> > >> > Based on sampling these last night, I will say that even at 48 kHz, the >> > sound is superb - better than anything Decca has issued here of this >> > material. Strangely, I have found a lot of the Decca Originals >> > remasterings to be very bright on top, including the Karajan Otello and >> > the Solti Salome and Elektra. Regarding Salome and Elektra, the Blu-ray >> > editions are just as bright as the two previous CD releases. >> > >> > Best, >> > Gary >> > >> > ____________________________ >> > >> > Gary Galo >> > Audio Engineer Emeritus >> > The Crane School of Music >> > SUNY at Potsdam, NY 13676 >> > >> > "Great art presupposes the alert mind of the educated listener." >> > Arnold Schoenberg >> > >> > "A true artist doesn't want to be admired, he wants to be believed." >> > Igor Markevitch >> > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus