[Signal2Noise]

192/24 FLAC for me.

Ditto

Lol. And do either of you notice the improvement in audio with the sample rate designed for bats?

I usually opt for the more sensical 44.1/16 but I did go for the 96/24 for this album. Sounds good. I guess.

One day I might splurge the extra chump change for 192/24 for giggles. But the skepticism in me still prevents me.

 

[Paladin79]

If you are happy with CD quality, enjoy. Some friends like MP3, each to their own.

 

[Ripper2860]

I typically get 192-24 because my DAC does not upsample/oversample 176 or 192 and I prefer to just let the music pass through with fewer alterations. Since it is an oversampling DAC it would upsample 44.1 or 96 to 192 or 176 in hardware anyway. In my mind why not just natively send it at higher res and bypass the process.

And my neighborhood bats appreciate it.

 

[roskodan]

Funny fact, many AD recording equipment perform better at 96kHz rate or even lower, if u open the chesky's tracks in an audio editing program, you'll see a lot of self noise at higher frequencies.

If it's true that recording music in higher than audible spectrum affects positively the audible range, then it's fair to assume that the huge amounts of self noise, in chesky's hi-res, affects the audible range negatively.

So basically get 192kHz if u like more noise and distortion with your music.

 

[Ripper2860]

I do on occasion purchase the 96/24. Fortunately or unfortunately, neither my system nor my ears are so revealing as to actually hear the additional noise that you can see in the 192/24 file with an audio editor. Heck, honestly I probably cannot hear the difference between a really good recording at 44.1/16, 96/24 or 192/24, but that doesn't mean I can't convince myself that I do.

** I've found that many times it is more about the recording than the bits.

 

[roskodan]

Yeah, the noise is usually above 40kHz, if there is a 192kHz version, all the lower res are just converted from the original 192kHz, so u get the same, minus the above 40kHz noise.

Then there is the question at what res does our DACs best perform, etc.

I'm not a believer in higher sampling rates, but i do prefer to get higher bit depths, 16>24>32. So usually i get the cheapest 24bit version.

Also for reference to my 'in your face', and sibilance complaints, i was using a chord hugo 1 + hd650 (2017 drivers).

Although some songs are really decent, others are just riddled with 'mic' sound, and as much as i understand people that love to hear mic 'details' (audio porn?), imo it just kills the strengths of binaural recording. Think an unplugged live performance in a church, with the sound of a televised MTV live studio performance.

Btw, i forgot to mention Alexis Cole's "A Kiss In The Dark" in my earlier post, sounds so truly live, pure, real presence, without mic sound.

If only they could get rid of the 'mic' sound and keep the otherwise impressively real size feeling of Meiko's voice, win win.

 

[Paladin79]

Getting bahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_wxRGiBoJg&t=2sck to the

There is a lot of info out there about cd versus high res audio, this is one of my favorite videos on the subject.

I have watched plenty of videos from other folks that argue against it so there are certainly people in both camps.

 

[roskodan]

then maybe you should write a book about it

 

[Paladin79]

I see someone from Chesky is here, perhaps they can talk about the album.

 

[oneula]

I'm also getting some background hiss and pops like listening to an LP
its probably just me but even though her voice is great after a couple of songs it begins to sound all the same.
for that type of soothing easy listening music I prefer something like Rev Dennis Kamakahi's Pua'ena on Dancing Cat especially Koke'e, Wahine Ilikea and Ipo Lei Mano
different tastes I guess.

I really like Chesky's Greatest Audiophile Vocal Recording disc

 

[fianbarr]

To be honest, as with most cover albums, I can't escape the feeling of: "the original is better". Probably because that's the version I am familiar with....

 

[roskodan]

But the style reminded me of Rebecca Pidgeon, so i dug up her 'Retrospective', and i'm starting to get a feeling for what Chesky said about this being the best sounding vocal ever. If i forget my binaural expectations, it does bring the superior naturalness and textures of a binaural recording in a classic 2 channel presentation. The question now is, how much better could it have been for headphones as a pure binaural recording? And not as a hybrid. Now i'm even more disappointed.

 

[Chesky Records]

But the style reminded me of Rebecca Pidgeon, so i dug up her 'Retrospective', and i'm starting to get a feeling for what Chesky said about this being the best sounding vocal ever. If i forget my binaural expectations, it does bring the superior naturalness and textures of a binaural recording in a classic 2 channel presentation. The question now is, how much better could it have been for headphones as a pure binaural recording? And not as a hybrid. Now i'm even more disappointed.

Hi All,

Just for clarification with regard to 'second microphones'. I believe some of you are referencing the small ribbon microphone you're seeing in the Chesky Introduction Trailer. This microphone is feeding the vocal into a PA system that feeds delay into the back of the church. This microphone is not going to the recording and being mixed with the audio from the binaural microphone. The binaural microphone is the only microphone actually being recorded. No hybrid recording happening.

 

[Paladin79]

Thanks for clearing that up. Any comments about some of the pops that can be heard or any other background noise? I get it mostly on the right channel but only in a couple songs.

 

[roskodan]

idk, all i'm sure about is, the binaural records are sounding more and more like lips on mic records, which i don't mind on my speakers, however, on headphones it sounds different than expected, to put it mildly.

Great sound and great performance from the artist, just the presentation took me by surprise. The vocals being so intimate made the sibilance more in your face i guess.