YES: Rhino Remasters vs Japanese HDCD

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   Interesting thread which should appears in the "tech talk" section.

I have bought some Rhino ones, but not the Jap HDCD.

First, HDCD is a very good encoding system, actually the best thing in digital today. Unfortunatly it doesn't means that a HDCD record is good.

The rhino versions of yes are quite transparent, but are unfortunatly harsh. I've got a big digital set up (Sonic Frontiers drive+ Goldmund DA converter and Nordost digital cable)which is very neutral and transparent and it reveals the defects of recordings.

So YES is quite harsh, unfortunatly like most rock records (contrary to jazz and classical ones).

I wonder if someone knows the jap 20 bits versions of Gong trilogy?

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oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: October 20 2005 at 04:52
	Interesting thread which should appears in the "tech talk" section. I have bought some Rhino ones, but not the Jap HDCD. First, HDCD is a very good encoding system, actually the best thing in digital today. Unfortunatly it doesn't means that a HDCD record is good. The rhino versions of yes are quite transparent, but are unfortunatly harsh. I've got a big digital set up (Sonic Frontiers drive+ Goldmund DA converter and Nordost digital cable)which is very neutral and transparent and it reveals the defects of recordings. So YES is quite harsh, unfortunatly like most rock records (contrary to jazz and classical ones). I wonder if someone knows the jap 20 bits versions of Gong trilogy?