Diana Krall - Live in Paris [Original Recordings Group 180g DoLP] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-compatible

Danke!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I know that is not the correct place but...............can you please reshare Led Zeppelin I?
Many thanks.

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Excellent share. Thank you.

Nice Post Pal. Thank you kindly.

Thanks for Diana Krall! Actually my first vinyl purchase last year after around 20 years of only buying CDs was Diana Krall's "Quiet Nights" ... :-)

Thank you aksman, for this excellent recording and great rip!
Your new audio-stuff let this album -shine*-

(*Involvement in the music is highly increased!)

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if anyone knows the true password
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You,re really in Great Shape! Aksmantime again, Avaxtime again.

lol, it reminds me of when people give NO PASSWORD and I wonder if the password is "NO PASSWORD" or that there is no password ;)

The working password is "aksman" without quotes.

Excelllllent share, much appreciated!

a question though: Whatever the merits of Vinyls, when it is ripped, aren't we left with a probably high definition digital music again? My apology in advance if the question is irrelevant.

Since I have been digital since the 80's I will give you my take on it. The digital rip seems to recreate the picture painted by the vinyl playback. For instance a digital camera can take a pretty good photo but a analogue photo scanned into the digital world looks better. For whatever reason tape to cd sucks in comparison to the depth n separation of vinyl to disk.
Although native 24 bit digital may hold sway... but i haven't given it much time as they are mostly tunes im not into... but Linn has one I may buy that is by the producer of Madonna's ray of light LP.
I think its techno.

to Koobe

vinyl always is associated with warm sound.
thus passionate audiophiles try to capture this kind of sonics in a recordable media . nowdays it is recordable cds , but before it, audio cassettes existed and i still use it now.

vinyl is fragile and common sense mandates to use alternate media in order for constant playing.

thank you aksman!!!!

@Koobe: sure it's digital again... but in a way you won't get from today's music industry. What you get with vinyl rips is a digital representation of the mastering that has been done for the vinyl record, which is often very different (and much more dynamic) than the mastering for CD. It would be possible to produce quite beautiful-sounding CDs, but almost nobody does it (anymore). So vinyl rips are our only way of beating the system of an industry whose only intention is to produce LOUD CDs/mp3 files, not good-sounding music (google "loudness war").

I first heard Diana Krall `Devil may Care` on a compliation album, and immediately rushed out and bought ALL her albums at full price!
I was blown away with the pure quality of the mastering and of course of her performance.
If this rip is `Better` quality ...then WOW, it must sound amazing.

Thank you all for insightful comments. It makes sense then to rip vinyls instead of going directly to CDs.

Thanks again for this nice piece of music. This is one of the few performances of Krall that I have kept listening and watching over and over again.

Thank You Aksman.

Although Diana Krall has something "un-authentic" to her singing (and behaviour), the rhythm section with Hamilton and Clayton swings so hard it makes you want to jump! ;-)

Thanks, aksman!

Thanks for the digital info regarding vinyl rips. But what I want to know is, what equipment do I need to play these 24-bit 96kHz recordings to hear this "dynamic" range? If I download the 16-bit/44kHz recording and burn it to a CD, will I still hear the same thing as the 24-bit/96kHz? I think not, right? However, would it still sound better than a "conventional" CD i.e. "redbook"(?) version of the same? Lastly, what's "dithering"? Thanks for all the help.

thank you!!!

@bugman
To listen to 24/96 files you need at least a regular DVD-player. The 24/96 format is standard in both formats, dvd-a and dvd-v. DVD-Audio solo and Audio-DVD Creatort are nice shareware progs to author music only dvd's. Another way is to listen to these files via network streaming. The quality differences depending on your listening equipment!!!

Dithering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dithering#Digital_audio

Ooh, I love Diana Krall. Thank you for sharing this, aksman! Much appreciated. :)

thanks! with a production team of Tommy LiPuma and Al Schmitt, you know it's going to sound good. As it does, coming through my speakers right now.

@all downloaders of the 16/44 version:

Another user let me know the the song "Devil May Care" is 24 instead of 16-bit... I will post a corrected version soon.
Sorry for any inconvenience.

aksman. . . . Thanks for the explanation about the 24/96 format. However, after "unraring" this files, they are then in the "flac" format. In order for me to play them on my DVD player, they have to be converted as I'm pretty sure most DVD players won't play flac files once burned to a DVD. Correct? If that is true, I must convert the flac files to another "lossless" format that can be recognized by my DVD player. I have an iMac (not Intel Mac i.e. doesn't run Windows) running OSX so I usually convert these files to mp4a in iTunes and play them that way thru iTunes. I doubt if my DVD player recognizes mp4a files. Therefore, (1) what lossless format would you recommend to convert these files to and (2) if I do convert them, won't I lose the 24/96 format i.e. won't they revert to 16/44 format once converted? Other readers, feel free to chime in on this please. Thanks again!

bugman... DVD players need uncompressed PCM or Wave files, therefore you have to decode the flac's to wav. Unfortunately I can't offer you any help with Mac's... At least you need a DVD-Authoring program.

Thank you so much for your great work and the incredible sound quality!
Do you have Diana Krall's latest album "Quiet Nights" on Vinyl too?

Thanks again for sharing Jazz masterpieces with us -- and congratulations to your new setup!

@ bugman

Mac users should use XLD and convert to Apple Lossless. This will retain the full 24/96 sound. XLD will convert to any audio format you like and send the files to iTunes. You can also convert to AAC format to enjoy this on your iTunes. AAC will be maximum 16-bit 48 kHz.

For burning to DVD you can use Toast 10. Toast can make a DVD-V audio only disc from FLAC, but Toast will not burn as gapless (minimum 1 second). That is fine for most studio albums but a bit annoying for a live album. For gapless, you would need a professional DVD authoring program which is expensive and hard to find as bootleg.

If your Mac is near the stereo, the most convenient and great sounding solution is to stream direct from iTunes. Be sure to set the Apple Midi Setup program to output 24/96.

@ po666 - For password use his "nick" or nickname (aksman)

Dr. Robert:
Thanks for your valuable input but I still have a few questions. OK, I can convert Flac files to Apple lossless (mp4a) using XLD and yes, I can stream them to my home stereo in the living room via iTunes from my computer in the den using Airport Express or whatever the device is called these days. However, my question refers to burning these songs to DVD-A (DVD-V?) using Toast (which I have) BUT without losing any of the 24/96 (or higher) sound quality. Can Toast burn the Flac files directly to a DVD-A or DVD-V disc without the quality loss? Lastly, if I were to stream the songs to my stereo via iTunes, where is this "Apple Midi Setup" you refer to as I can't find it in iTunes preferences, etc. Thanks again for your help!

@bugman

Easiest way to burn gapless DVD-V with these files on the MAC is using DVD2One. You need to convert the files to WAV first though if I recall correctly. I so seldom burn nowadays. Here's a link to a well seeded torrent at TPB. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5110499/DVD2One_2.4.0_w_sn

Apple MIDI Setup is in Applications/Utilities

@ johhenrik

I figured you would have known another good Mac app for burning Audio DVD-V. It looks like a good program. You can NOT load FLAC's as I just confirmed, convert to WAV. I just did a test burn as a diskimage. While getting your settings correct just select to output as an image. Then you can open the IMG file and drag the VIDEO_TS folder onto the Apple DVD Player icon and it should play same as burned disc. DVD2One does burn gapless by default. I could not find any other option for gap time. Click on the Info menu and visit the website for more info.

Be sure to click the link "Download this torrent (magnet link)" Beware of the large DOWNLOAD link that will install crapware.

As for burning an audio only DVD-V with Toast, you need to have Toast 10.0.4 of higher. Earlier versions fail to burn. Click the music icon and select "Music DVD" then the More button. Click Encoding then select Custom. Set Audio Format to PCM @ 24-bit 96 kHz. Set the Menus and other options as desired. Then add your music files, which can be FLAC, WAV or AIFF. The only draw back is the one second gap.

another excellent program which can author a DVD-V or a true DVD-Audio is DVD Audio Solo: http://cirlinca.com/download.htm
it says it is compatible with Mac OS X with VMware Fusion. I can only confirm that the windows version works great.

Thanks aksman,
sounds fantastic.

@ SuperFuzz

DVD Audio Solo is not available as a native Mac program. It can work under emulation as per the website. "Mac OS X : the applications are known to work on Mac OS X with VMware Fusion and a compatible Microsoft Windows OS.". Emulation is not an option for bugman as he has a PowerPC based Mac. I am not so sure even about DVD2One's PPC compatibility. If it is a UNIX front end PPC users may be left with Toast as the only option.

Ok so now you enhanced my sex life.. We play this thru dvda and sit by the fire and ah erm well u get it shit is awesome!

Well, what 0pp0 was saying is a big compliment to *any* kind of music... ;-)

Thanks, aksman!

Thank you so much aksman for another beautiful post.

Many Thanks

beautiful, thanks so much !!!

I won't miss this album

thanks the Man!!!

Спасибо большое.

THANKS!wonderful&enjoying the GREAT sound!

Dr. Aksman rulez OK!

Thanls Aksman!

Thank you very much!!!!

thanks mate!!!!

ะthanks all share.

Share is care....and thank you for that..

Great post aksman,thanks for share.

MANY THANX AKS - PERFECT AS ALWAYS, THE SONIC QUALITY OF THIS DVD-A IS ASTOUNDING!

thnx very much! one of my fav from Diana Krall! great sound!!!

Thanks for your work :)

It's amazing, thank you so much

thank you very much

I tried to download this about a week ago but it wasn't available on the hosters sites.
It's now available again and I'm delighted to have downloaded it. The SQ is amazing. Thanks very much for uploading this!