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Right, DVD-A I'd expect that to be more common; I thought it was rarer on BD -------- Original Message -------- From: "Gary A. Galo" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 05:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings > > I have quite a few MLP DVD-Audio discs that have 96 kHz PCM programs. > > 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 5:29 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Universal Mexico Decca Remasterings > > Yeah I was under the impression that even the MLP/DTS-MA tracks on BDs are usually 48kHz, even though they're lossless and even though those formats are capable of having 96 and 192kHz streams. > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, December 8, 2017 05:12 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 > > >