HDTracks provides a nice product, BUT (and that's a big BUT) a very frustrating shopping experience. Entering an artist name in the search window does not yield all the albums by that artist, meaning that finding a particular album is often a painstaking process on which you often give up. Example: type in Bob Marley, and this is what you get WTF???? Where is Legend and where is Kaya??? Type in Rolling stones and this is what you get Now that is ludicrous. HDtracks boasts a 'Rolling stones store' with wonderful 192/24 albums but when you do a search for Rolling Stones, you dont get anything????? I could go on, bemoan the fact that they dont sell outside the US (I know why, thank you, but still, those territorial limits are a biatch).

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They need to hire a competent set of people to re-organize their website functionalities: add hyperlinks on all artist names in the blurbs, use a decent search engine. This is 2013, all these tools are an absolute must.

On the selection, I do understand they need time to build a credible catalog. They have no Springsteen, I found no Dylan, Reggae is an unknown genre save a couple of Bob Marleys and Peter Toshes, Hip Hop, Funk, R&B are almost nonexistent. I like Qobuz much better, although it has its unnerving sides too (territories.). The potential for improvement is huge at HDTracks, Qobuz, and they'd be well advised to improve quickly so that they are unassailable in this audiophile niche when the day comes that Amazon (then Apple, not the other way round) decide to tackle hi-rez audio file sales. I have many downloads from HDTracks.

When they first started I blindly bought believing these were better issues which they are not many times. You have to wait to find out what the DR and graphs have to show. Sometimes brick-walling is present. Bad HDT so far I've bought: Tommy, Gaucho, Working Man's Dead, American Beauty, Koln Concert, Allman's Fillmore (really bad and lightweight). Good HDT: Every Picture Tells a Story, Tea for the Tillerman. It's a big buyer beware scenario. A few I bought don't even sound as good as the CD!?

I have experienced some good downloads by various other sites like Bowers&Wilkins (Tubular Bells in FLAC-great!) and Burning Shed for Steven Wilson plus Eno. HDTracks provides a nice product, BUT (and that's a big BUT) a very frustrating shopping experience. Entering an artist name in the search window does not yield all the albums by that artist, meaning that finding a particular album is often a painstaking process on which you often give up.

Example: type in Bob Marley, and this is what you get WTF???? Where is Legend and where is Kaya??? Type in Rolling stones and this is what you get Now that is ludicrous. R Kelly Jay Z Unfinished Business Rarity. HDtracks boasts a 'Rolling stones store' with wonderful 192/24 albums but when you do a search for Rolling Stones, you dont get anything????? I could go on, bemoan the fact that they dont sell outside the US (I know why, thank you, but still, those territorial limits are a biatch). They need to hire a competent set of people to re-organize their website functionalities: add hyperlinks on all artist names in the blurbs, use a decent search engine. This is 2013, all these tools are an absolute must.

On the selection, I do understand they need time to build a credible catalog. They have no Springsteen, I found no Dylan, Reggae is an unknown genre save a couple of Bob Marleys and Peter Toshes, Hip Hop, Funk, R&B are almost nonexistent. I like Qobuz much better, although it has its unnerving sides too (territories.). The potential for improvement is huge at HDTracks, Qobuz, and they'd be well advised to improve quickly so that they are unassailable in this audiophile niche when the day comes that Amazon (then Apple, not the other way round) decide to tackle hi-rez audio file sales. Click to expand.When I used your links I got both Bob Marley albums (including Kaya) and I also got what appears to be every Rolling Stone album they have also.

I'm not sure why you would need to search for the Stones however since they have 2 links to all of their stuff on the front page. Here is the Bob Dylan you said they didn't have also: I will agree with you about hyperlinks everywhere you see the artists name however if you go to a specific title the artist name is hyperlinked there and you can view all of there titles that way. I will say their old site was faster and that definitely needs improvement and they still have some bugs that need to be worked out (like clicking on recently added needs to go back to showing the most recently added stuff first) but I think once both of those get worked out it will be a better site than what it was. When I used your links I got both Bob Marley albums (including Kaya) and I also got what appears to be every Rolling Stone album they have also. I'm not sure why you would need to search for the Stones however since they have 2 links to all of their stuff on the front page. Here is the Bob Dylan you said they didn't have also: I will agree with you about hyperlinks everywhere you see the artists name however if you go to a specific title the artist name is hyperlinked there and you can view all of there titles that way. I will say their old site was faster and that definitely needs improvement and they still have some bugs that need to be worked out (like clicking on recently added needs to go back to showing the most recently added stuff first) but I think once both of those get worked out it will be a better site than what it was.

Great idea for a thread - you can't return a down load for a refund, or sell it, if you're not happy. So this is a good chance to share experiences. Firstly - The Rolling Stones on HDTracks. I've Let It Bleed and Flowers on SACD, very happy with these, but SACDs aren't that common anymore. I've bought Rolling Stones 1 and 2, OOHs and The Singles - The London Years from HDTracks. I can recommend these highly. OOH down load kills a German Decca LP I have.

The Singles - The London Years - is especially cool if you have all the albums but need to round up the tracks that weren't on the regular releases. I have lots of compilations on LP - Rolled Gold, Stones (Australia only), No Stone Unturned, Stone Age etc etc - and the older tracks especially are a revelation on the down load - I have never heard them sound so good.

It is generally acknowledged that the early Stones recordings aren't that great, but they sure sound good on these down loads. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, from HDTRacks.

I compared this to my LP, which is re-issue (made by MCA, with a bar code on the sleeve). I love this album, so does my wife. I doubt that I'm gonna see an original pressing any time soon around where I live, so I bought the down load (24/192k) instead. The LP kills the down load! While the LP is not perfect, it has a nice bass, good transients, and lots of air.

The down load is almost the opposite - transients are shaved off, the bass is soft, there is no air. Sounds like a tape that is several generations older than that used for the LP. If you don't have a vinyl copy then I suppose its OK, but if you have a LP in good condition - then that's the way to go. (PS - any one want to buy a slightly used down laod?

Only played once!!). Next up - I need to critically listen to WOA, and Astral weeks, which I've recently bought.

I'll let you know what I find. Great idea for a thread - you can't return a down load for a refund, or sell it, if you're not happy. So this is a good chance to share experiences. Firstly - The Rolling Stones on HDTracks. I've Let It Bleed and Flowers on SACD, very happy with these, but SACDs aren't that common anymore. I've bought Rolling Stones 1 and 2, OOHs and The Singles - The London Years from HDTracks.

I can recommend these highly. OOH down load kills a German Decca LP I have. The Singles - The London Years - is especially cool if you have all the albums but need to round up the tracks that weren't on the regular releases.

I have lots of compilations on LP - Rolled Gold, Stones (Australia only), No Stone Unturned, Stone Age etc etc - and the older tracks especially are a revelation on the down load - I have never heard them sound so good. It is generally acknowledged that the early Stones recordings aren't that great, but they sure sound good on these down loads. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, from HDTRacks. I compared this to my LP, which is re-issue (made by MCA, with a bar code on the sleeve).

I love this album, so does my wife. I doubt that I'm gonna see an original pressing any time soon around where I live, so I bought the down load (24/192k) instead. The LP kills the down load!

Kaizers Orchestra Downloads. While the LP is not perfect, it has a nice bass, good transients, and lots of air. The down load is almost the opposite - transients are shaved off, the bass is soft, there is no air. Sounds like a tape that is several generations older than that used for the LP.

If you don't have a vinyl copy then I suppose its OK, but if you have a LP in good condition - then that's the way to go. (PS - any one want to buy a slightly used down laod? Only played once!!). Next up - I need to critically listen to WOA, and Astral weeks, which I've recently bought. I'll let you know what I find.

Great idea for a thread - you can't return a down load for a refund, or sell it, if you're not happy. So this is a good chance to share experiences. Firstly - The Rolling Stones on HDTracks. I've Let It Bleed and Flowers on SACD, very happy with these, but SACDs aren't that common anymore. I've bought Rolling Stones 1 and 2, OOHs and The Singles - The London Years from HDTracks. I can recommend these highly. OOH down load kills a German Decca LP I have.

The Singles - The London Years - is especially cool if you have all the albums but need to round up the tracks that weren't on the regular releases. I have lots of compilations on LP - Rolled Gold, Stones (Australia only), No Stone Unturned, Stone Age etc etc - and the older tracks especially are a revelation on the down load - I have never heard them sound so good. It is generally acknowledged that the early Stones recordings aren't that great, but they sure sound good on these down loads. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, from HDTRacks.

I compared this to my LP, which is re-issue (made by MCA, with a bar code on the sleeve). I love this album, so does my wife. I doubt that I'm gonna see an original pressing any time soon around where I live, so I bought the down load (24/192k) instead. The LP kills the down load! While the LP is not perfect, it has a nice bass, good transients, and lots of air. The down load is almost the opposite - transients are shaved off, the bass is soft, there is no air. Sounds like a tape that is several generations older than that used for the LP.

If you don't have a vinyl copy then I suppose its OK, but if you have a LP in good condition - then that's the way to go. (PS - any one want to buy a slightly used down laod?

Only played once!!). Next up - I need to critically listen to WOA, and Astral weeks, which I've recently bought. I'll let you know what I find. Great idea for a thread - you can't return a down load for a refund, or sell it, if you're not happy. So this is a good chance to share experiences. Firstly - The Rolling Stones on HDTracks.

I've Let It Bleed and Flowers on SACD, very happy with these, but SACDs aren't that common anymore. I've bought Rolling Stones 1 and 2, OOHs and The Singles - The London Years from HDTracks. I can recommend these highly. OOH down load kills a German Decca LP I have. The Singles - The London Years - is especially cool if you have all the albums but need to round up the tracks that weren't on the regular releases.

I have lots of compilations on LP - Rolled Gold, Stones (Australia only), No Stone Unturned, Stone Age etc etc - and the older tracks especially are a revelation on the down load - I have never heard them sound so good. It is generally acknowledged that the early Stones recordings aren't that great, but they sure sound good on these down loads. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, from HDTRacks. I compared this to my LP, which is re-issue (made by MCA, with a bar code on the sleeve). I love this album, so does my wife. I doubt that I'm gonna see an original pressing any time soon around where I live, so I bought the down load (24/192k) instead.

The LP kills the down load! While the LP is not perfect, it has a nice bass, good transients, and lots of air. The down load is almost the opposite - transients are shaved off, the bass is soft, there is no air. Sounds like a tape that is several generations older than that used for the LP. If you don't have a vinyl copy then I suppose its OK, but if you have a LP in good condition - then that's the way to go. (PS - any one want to buy a slightly used down laod? Only played once!!).

Next up - I need to critically listen to WOA, and Astral weeks, which I've recently bought. I'll let you know what I find. Click to expand.Maybe your MCA LP reissue is the ultimate! I'll come back and add some more info on the comparisons I did. Other downloads: I haven't liked the two Joni Mitchells I tried, Court and Ladies, which I thought were nasty and shrill. Billy Cobham's Spectrum, taken from the DVD-A, is a lovely mastering but terrible mix with all the instruments in the centre except the drums which zoom around the room.

Chicago Transit Authority is also taken from a DVD-A and again the mix is all wrong in my opinion. Dusty Springfield's Memphis is very bright, painfully so on some tracks, and even brighter than the much-derided 4MenWithNoEars LP reissue. Stevie Wonder's Innervisions is nice enough but the MoFi gold CD is far better. Most of the rest have simply been the vinyl EQ dub transferred to high res - eg Cheap Thrills, Tusk, London Calling - which can be fine in many cases, though a bit of a cop-out. The only two really interesting ones I've bought have been What's Going On and also Stanley Clark's School Days - I must have at least six different masterings of the latter on vinyl and CD and the HDtracks is different from all of them, in a good way, though I still haven't sat down and listened to it all the way through. Maybe your MCA LP reissue is the ultimate! I'll come back and add some more info on the comparisons I did.

Other downloads: I haven't liked the two Joni Mitchells I tried, Court and Ladies, which I thought were nasty and shrill. Billy Cobham's Spectrum, taken from the DVD-A, is a lovely mastering but terrible mix with all the instruments in the centre except the drums which zoom around the room.

Chicago Transit Authority is also taken from a DVD-A and again the mix is all wrong in my opinion. Dusty Springfield's Memphis is very bright, painfully so on some tracks, and even brighter than the much-derided 4MenWithNoEars LP reissue. Stevie Wonder's Innervisions is nice enough but the MoFi gold CD is far better.

Most of the rest have simply been the vinyl EQ dub transferred to high res - eg Cheap Thrills, Tusk, London Calling - which can be fine in many cases, though a bit of a cop-out. The only two really interesting ones I've bought have been What's Going On and also Stanley Clark's School Days - I must have at least six different masterings of the latter on vinyl and CD and the HDtracks is different from all of them, in a good way, though I still haven't sat down and listened to it all the way through. Well I have been going back and forth between the new stereo and new mono (both 24/192 from HDtracks) and the Legacy editions of Kind Of Blue. The new stereo mix definitely has a much wider soundstage and better clarity to it. The reverbs and instruments just sound more natural to me. The legacy sounds really good but this new HDtracks version is better.

The mono is definitely a different experience for sure having never heard a mono mix of this before. Sounds great! Great separation between the instruments you can listen to every instrument clearly and cleanly. The reverbs aren't as noticeable or prominent in this version as expected but it sounds really good. I can't say I have a preference yet between the three to be honest. I think through speakers (I'm using headphones now) I would prefer the new stereo mixes wider soundstage but through headphones the whole band seemed a little more in front of me on the legacy edition.

The mono sounds great through headphones. It almost sounds like you are near the back of a medium sized great sounding club, I hear everything and it is all right smack in front of me. Overall I really like these new remasters though. Early impressions are they are my favorites overall but I need more time comparing before I totally commit to that. A must buy IMHO though. This is a great sounding album(hi rez download).Maybe the best I have bought this year.

Live recording in the studio,small audience,carefully placed microphones,musicians playing together without headphones(I guess that is why the drummer is playing so soft),fantastic choice of repertoire,excellent singer,deep astonishingly well recorded up-right bass,a guitarist that never over plays,and a drummer/percussionist who serves the music and still manege to show of his chops. The sound stage is big, wide and deep, yet intimate.Every instrument clearly placed,like they did on the Jazz recordings of the 60's. The download is a 24/96 wav studio master,on their website they call it a one to one copy of the Master file,whatever,the sound is incredible. If this is the future of the troubled recording industry,small independent company's delivering this kind of quality, the future is looking bright. I saw on the Naim forum that the recording has been tipped as one of the best of 2013.Not bad for a newcomer,but I absolutely agree. Carmen Gomes Inc.'

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