Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon [MFSL 1-017] 24 bit 192 kHz vinyl rip

Ouch!!!
Is it here someone who hear the difference between 24\96 or 24\192?

No. Definetely.

@Kel bazar
I can ;-) And I assure you, that this rip will make you change your mind)

@Kel bazar, you're sounding like those people on demonoid who claim there's no difference between 24/96 and 16/44 ;)
I'm just glad people are offering up high resolution transfers for us to enjoy, for free... no complaints here. Although I don't have the bandwidth to grab this one...

@SuperFuzz
Absolutely agree with you. The potential of MFSL vinyl can't be underestimated ;-) The thing is that 24/96 is not enough to reveal the complete Sound, and 24/192 is Ok for that.

@SuperFuzz...It's not a complaint, it's a real question, i've difficult to make the difference between 24/96 and LP(even MFSL), and I don't have a DAC/ADC who go to 192 to hear it, It's why I ask others.
But anyway, in 24/96, it's a great ripp. Thank moulder.

No worries Kel bazar. I've never heard a vinyl rip at 24/192 and the same thing at 24/96, so I've never been able to do a real A/B comparison (has anyone?)
Moulder I'd be curious to know more about your methods, and the gear you used. Like, what ADC did you use (you only listed a chip) and I have no idea what "VU_AA.B34" is (neither does google). Did you do any declicking, etc?

Thanks

Check links with:

http://sld.icr38.net/sld.php?submit&links=http://avaxhome.ws/music/audiophile/pink_floyd_DSOTM_24-192_vinyl_rip.html

Ou ou ou...

As!!! You do not know, what such "VU_AA.B34"???

You have much lost...

It is a special Soviet-Russian military complex for deenciphering of the superB confidential information transferred by means of vinyl. Under music!
Resolution of this complex simply surprising!!!
Any of the most super expensive LP gear all over the world is not near to this complex even on distance of a gun shot! Because such technologies developed only in the Soviet union. USSS used more primitive methods for confidential transfer of data.
By the way, by means of this complex at last it was possible to decipher message The Beatles on "Yellow submarine" and "Sgt.Pepper" !
But while it also the confidential information!

@SuperFuzz
wall is absolutely right ;-) Seriously, it is the code name of the custom-build vinyl preamp. And I also use custom build ADC/DAC for transferring. Of course, they are build from world's best and expensive parts ($2700 for the parts for preamp only!) and all of them are present in a single. So it isn't strange that Google doesn't know it ;-)
The gears used are: top Michell turntable with SME3009 tonearm, specially adopted Denon MC head, custom build pre and ADC/DAC, and the computer specially adopted for the Music. No declicking or any other digital treatment was made for this rip. It is direct-from-vinyl transfer.

So, it appears that Moulder has used an E-Mu 0404 to record this.

@Remake
Totally missed ;-) You can't buy anything like my DAC anywhere ;-)
I've just bought all the needed parts at different e-stores worldwide, and very qualifyed man build the needed thing for me.

@moulder

part1, 4 and 15 won't unpack without failure:

'packed data CRC failed'

re-downoading them won't help.

EDIT: it are parts of the DVD

Same thing here - for parts 01, 04 and 15 - "Packed data CRC failed in PF_DSOTM.iso. The volume is corrupt." I also downed part 01, 04 and 15 a second time as well. And for the third time through I have a "part30.rar: CRC failed in the encrypted file PF_DSOTM.iso(wrong password ?)". I copied/pasted and typed in the password here and I didn't get it wrong.

I'd sure love to hear this Moulder. What's going on?

@willyg4
@littlejoe
What to do if the archives are corrupt?
Well, it's very simple. First af all, you should enable shell integration for WinRAR. Right-click on the corrupted archive and select Open with -> WinRAR archiver, then enter the password in the proper field. After that - to fix an archive you should press Alt + R combination - and Voila! - another window appears with the fix dialog in it) After that just go to your hard disc and rename the fixed archive - delete fixed. in it's name and agree for overwrite an existing file. That's all ;-)

It's a pity...my standalone dvd-player doesn't read audio-dvds; the post cannot be burned as dvd-video, and the soundcard in my pc has already trouble to render a 24/96 adequately.

So this is not for me, I'm afraid. Sigh.

@d'Avignon
Maybe it could be the reason to make a slight upgrade to your system? Such Music deserves it!

And to fix the RARs in MAC and or Linux, just download RAR from rarlabs.com and then in a terminal do: rar r filename

Edit: And of course, thanks for the post of course! :) Downloaded, and will burn the ISO in a little while.

Okay, I guess I'll try and find the bandwidth to download this product of KGB/CIA collaboration.

@SuperFuzz
You won't be disappointed) This rip is really world's best.

Why dont you post a 24bit 96KHz rip. Most people cant play this "world's best rip". Difference between 96KHz and 192 KHz is 48KHz or 57.5Khz on the upper freq. range. None of us can hear that difference anyhow. I have tried to resample to 96khz, but there is no SW (at least that I can find) that will read ape files and convert 192Khz to 96 KHz. Flac files yes, but not ape.

@tyten
First: convert APE to WAV (192Khz), then to WAV (96Khz) with audacity or DBpoweramp, then to APE(96Khz)

@tyten and

Misters! The Internet is democratic, certainly!
But it is necessary to understand, what not all in this world get gingerbreads...
This rip it is necessary to listen only in 24-192.
Otherwise it does not need to be downloaded.
I assure you!

@tyten
@Kel bazar
The question is - why do you want to destroy the Music with these transformations? Downsampling really kills all the vividity and clarity in this rip. And if your equipments are unable to reproduce such Top Sound, it is your problem, not mine. As I said before, maybe it is the real reason for making an upgrade to the sound system?

if you need to downsample or downconvert, at least use r8brain free (great results) if you cant afford weiss saracon src (best results but expensive). you can convert to 24-96 for dvd-video or 16-44.1 for cd.

@moulder
I certainly don't ask you to to kill the music(The job you made is great, this is unquestionable), I just try to help tyten to resolve is problem!!!

@Kel bazar
Well, you've got your opinion, and I've got mine. The sound quality of this rip is really unbeatable, and downsampling is nonsense, if you want to listen to the Original Sound. An if not... It's not a question for me. The best way to solve this problem is to upgrade sound system, to buy a new soundcard or external DAC, to buy DVD-A player (even BBK ;-))) - downgrading is not an acceptable way.

? I've never say that I don't agree with you, you right that this rip is really unbeatable and downsampling is nonsense, but I'm not sure to hear difference between 96Khz & 192Khz, cause I can't hear difference between my LP & the 96Khz ripp. That's my point of view, who can change.;-)

Thanks to all for some sensible answers. I see that my comments started some "heated" discussions, and that was not my intention. I have some very good "studio monitors" from TDL in my possession and I consider them very good loudspeakers. They ara capable of reproducing sound up to ~25/27KHz. At around 35KHz the sound has fallen to 40dB below ref. level (= unhearable in my eyes). So weather the source gives out sound up to 48KHz or 57.5KHz or even 100KHz that many amps can amplify, I do not see the big difference, because it will not be reproduced by my loudspeakers. I consider phase linearity a much more important factor to hear a clean sound from the loudspeakers.
I am enjoying some very good rips that I downloaded from this website, done from LP's at 24/96. Playing throug a standard DVD player - through the coax digital output and onto a separate DA (Cambridge) capable of converting 24/96 at a high degree of accuracy and pahse lineraity. Giving excelent sound reproduction compared to the same "record" played from a CD through a standard CD player.
I doubt if I or anyone else could hear the difference betwen a 192KHz rip and a 96KHz rip. Or even a sample rate conversion from 192KHz to 96KHz under condition that it is done by some good SW (slow) or some good HW (broadcast equipment - real time).
Anyhow - I like to thank you moulder for what could show up to be an excelnet rip as soon as I have manged to make it "playable" on my exisitng equipment without having to spend 1K$ or more on any new equipment to be able to listen to it.

I resampled the song money from 192khz 24bit to 96khz 24bit using Goldwave. The 192khz 24bit version sounds to me much more live and spacious compaired to the 96khz 24bit version. You could try doing the same for comparison. My speakers are not exceptional "Cambridge Soundworks Megaworks 550" but at least I can hear the difference.

holy grail stuff this one. thanks very much for the brilliant work. please remember that mfsl has been rumoured to have botched this release up in their cd (udcd 517) version. people, you just have to listen to this to believe your ears... ;-)

thanks again moulder...

If anyone ever sees this on a torrent site, please send me a PM! My connection is too slow to wait for so many individual downloads (and waiting queues..) Cheers :)

@tyten
The thing is that reproduction of emotional sequence of Music doesn't really depend on frequency range. My Forsell Air Reference are capable to reproduce sound from 24Hz to 56kHz - and they are really hi-def loudspeakers. But the same emotional storm can overhelm you in many other acoustic enviroments, not only hi-def. If you try to listen to MFSL UDCD version of DSOTM, which is concidered to be the world's best and is recordered from the same master, you could feel the high distance between 16/44.1 and 24/192. Have you ever thought about, why did SONY introduced new BluRay Audio format with 24/192 8-channel LPCM, ecpecially after their knowledge in SACD? Just because the SACD sound is dead by it's nature, the emotional sequence of DSD is too low for Top Sound. The same thing is here. If you make a downsample, you loose ALL and EVERYTHING! If you love hearing Music, it is better for you to buy something like OPPO BD player, so you could enjoy the real quality without compromise for a somehow low price (about $500-600).

@SuperFuzz
You could try to find it on Demonoid - one of my best friends is sharing it there ;-)

Qmoulder

Wow. After several big problems with Winrar and Parallels (I've an Apple) I finally got the 4 files fixed and now I've got the Iso. So, back to Parallels again to get the Iso into a format my Toast will accept and I can burn this baby and listen to it.

Thanls Moulder!!

@willyg4
Hope the apple juice you've extracted from your Apple will be Ok ;-)
I wish you pleasant listening - just because this thing would blow your mind, 100% guaranteed ;-)

Just downloaded and saw that all the files are more than three times longer than they should be. Money is 22 minutes long. I play it (have to convert it to WAV first) and its veeeery slow and sloppy. Any ideas? Bad download?

Ok, I opened them with Goldwave and I could reproduce them with no problem. But, my main dilemma is this one: I have a Sound Card that reproduces 24 bit 192 KHZ files (Goldwave cans, Winamp cans, DVD-Audio Solo cans)... but WMP can't: with the APE says there's a codec missing; and if I convert it to an identical .WAV, it "finds an error" trying to reproduce it. Anyone has an idea how to fix my problem? Thanks!

@Catriel

Try 78 rpm...

@Catriel
You should uninstall WMP first ;-)))
Use Foobar2000 with ASIO output to your sound card. And install the latest Monkey's Audio codec. And if you still experience problems with playback, encrease the priority of foobar process to above normal/high/real time.

I'd prefer not to uninstall WMP... there isn't any way I can make them work with WMP? Is a Codec, Driver, Sound Card, or WMP problem?

@Catriel
This is the problem of WMP. You should use foobar2000 for the proper reproduction of Music.

I'm with wall "what not all in this world get gingerbreads..."

I'm also with apple guy...stupid windows only programs!

@spencexxx
You can use bootcamp or parallels to install the legitimate copy of Windows.
Otherwise - think & listen different ;-)))
BTW, there are many programs for Mac to handle RAR archives, and some of them are completely freeware. You can also download trial version for mac. Anyway, under iTunes you won't be able to listen to it with the 100% quality - it will be downsampled. You need to burn DVD-Audio...

@moulder
Sure, there are fine programs and I have them... but they aren't gingerbread with the CRC errors.

@spencexxx
So... You should install WinXP or Win7 using bootcamp, or work in the virtual environment.

For whoever needs or wants it.

Uploaded a PAR repair set to check and repair the RAR-parts for the DVD-Audio. Total of 20 blocks which must be enough. Included QuickPAR setup file to help anyone without it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/258375847/PFDSOTMDVDAT_PAR_SET.rar

PCM 9260 kbps - Actually 9216 kbs (doesn't matter at all).
I don't know why the ripper chose non-variable bit-rate.
I already have this kind (perfect, unique) of LP (MFSL UHQR) ripped in 96kHz/24bit.
Now I have a better and newer challenge!

Thank you, ripper/uploader. Life's getting better.

P.S. I have a question to all mates here: where are the classic words at the end: "there is no dark side of the moon - as a matter of fact it's all dark". I didn't hear these at the end of the disc.

Regards! ;-)))

@glarus63
The bitrate is non-variable - just because it sounds better ;-)

Anyone know if this is the UHQR or standard MoFi release?

@vaultman110
This is the standard release - UHQR are marked in another way and looks slighty different.

Thanks a lot for this, moulder.

Just a little question : what player can read 192k actually ?
I tried Videolan (after encoding to FLAC), It did not !

Good job, anyway.

@alnicoV
You should use foobar2000 ;-)

Anyone compare this with the SACD version? If it is truly better (as was the Dylan Blonde on Blonde rip) I'll take the large DL hit! Thanks regardless.

@Hellenback
It is MUCH better ;-) Probably the world's best. Guaranteed ;-)

держи пять, брат!

@moulder
If I used foobar2k to play your DVDA, what sound card you would recommend?
Asus Xonar Essence STX or HDAV1.3 or some others? Thanks.

@lin1q
The thing is that you should make your own choice according to your listening preferences. Asus Essence STX could decode 24/192 signals, so do the HDAV, but in overall these cards could not be considered as the TOP audiophile... If you have the HDMI 1.3 capable system with HQ receiver and 56" plasma panel, for my mind you could prefer HDAV, and if you like headphones, STX is a bit better. But for the true music performance Asus is not the product of the first choice... even if they carry Nichicon caps ;-) Top sound could not be cheap, really... Anyway, even much more expensive products, such as Benchmark, are not free from sometimes emotionless and dullness... The quality of the sound achieved also depends on all other equipments you use - amp, loudspeakers, wiring, listening room - all should be taken into consideration)
So - let me say once again - making of the truly sounding system is for 100% creative and a bit esoteric process) The choice is always yours)

Is it just me or is the cue sheet for Side 1 NOT embedded in the APE file?

In Foobar, I get the cue for Side 2, but not for side one.

@PainoMan
Check your side ;-) CUE is embedded in both files. You can view the source of the ape file and see the cue sheet in the end of it.

I'm very new to all of this and was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to instruct me how to play this on mac os x?

@retepnajaratan--
Hello retepnajaratan, because this is high quality stereo [talking about the ape. files] you need to convert the ape file [1.5 gbs] to ALAC (apple lossless) so you can play it on your itunes.
I got windows so I convert the ape. file with dbpoweramp to flac, but actually Mac users use the Max converter (a great one as i've heard).
Anyway, the majority vinyl rips that you can find here are in 24 bits/96KHz res. (wich most of the audio cards can play); but specially with 24/192 res. you need to check first if yout sound card supports the 192KHz.

Don´t worry if your sound card does not support 192, because you can always make a downsample to 24/96(or 16/48 AIFF if you want to play it on ipod) with Max software too.

About the dvd-audio file, well you need a special dvd player who reads dvd-audio only format. If you don´t own one, download the 24/192[or 96] file, it's sounds increadibly great and it is playable in any dvd and if you got the soundcard in any pc/laptop.

@Moulder--
Moulder this is the second 24/192 record that I donwload from you, thank you so much!! your work with abbey road was exellent, and this too!!
Actually my desktop allows until 96KHz, but I discovered just a few weeks ago that my laptop soundcard works with 192KHz.
Thank you!!

@bob patiño Thanks a lot for the sound advice you've given me it truly has helped! :D

@Moulder Thanks for this great piece of history, much appreciated!

thank you
thank you
thank you

"This file is copyrighted and may not be distributed without permission of the copyright holder. We will direct you to RapidMovies, where you can buy upcoming games and movies legally online."

I get this message when I try to download.

@hddoc
@all
Will re-upload this album soon, wait for the new links!

@moulder
Waiting for "The Dark Side..." new links.
Dreaming about "Wish You Were Here" :)

@igorrra
My internet connection now is not as good as it was a few months before, so... only 7 archive parts uploaded...
I will post the links when they become available)

I can't wait, hopefully to be re-uploaded very soon.. Thanks!!

@moulder,
We're still waiting patiently...don't give up, pleaseeeeeeeee
Thank you

When we will have 32bit audio format? I guess it waste of abilities with blu-ray introduction like listening mp3 on CD (or DVD)?
@Moulder
Which files would you recommend APE or DVD-Audio?
That new Sony's Blu-Ray audio format (must be Dolby TruHD) almost the same as DVD-Audio, except more channels added.
Also kindly waiting for your new reupload.
Thanks.

@AndriyOL
We all will have 32 bit only wen the industry leaders will promote this depth. But some men could listen to 32 bit now ;-)
APE files are for PC/MAC users, and DVD-A is DVD-A ;-)
Soon the links will be online, so - wait a little bit ;-)

@Moulder
APE files have appr. bitrate 5Mbps, DVD-A have 9Mbps. When I convert APE to DVD-A music quality will be the same as with DVD-A files (burned on DVD)?
Do you know if possible to make 8ch. 32bit(24bit)/384khz DAC (or better) with not so much expense or it's better to wait until such commercial sound cards will be released? Could you tell please what speakers are the best to listen to your rips, but not with fantastic price?
Thanks and regards.

Download:
.APE + .CUE:
http://narod.ru/disk/19341989000/ape_links.txt.html
DVD-Audio ISO image:
http://narod.ru/disk/19342012000/dvda_links.txt.html
The pass is just the same ;-)

Many thanks for the new links. I used XLD to convert the APE files to 24/192 AIFF, which play beautifully on my Mac through iTunes (and VLC). Stunning sound quality! Sincerely, thank you!

IMO best sounding version so far that i've heard, and i've heard Dr.Roberts, and the original on vinyl rips 24/96. I find the highs and lows sound alot better on this, and the guitar solo on time sounds smoother and sveksier, its quite hard to explain anywho Thank you moulder for this beautiful rip

APE can not load.

@kobaha
Check your hardware and software - are they capable to play 24/192 files ;-)

moulder reup abbey road plz

Thank you very much!

Hi, I've heard that the MSFL 200gr Anadisc version of Atom Heart Mother is one if not the best rendition of an MSFL remastering from the Pink Floyd catalogue... is there anybody who owns it and are so kind to rip (in hi-rez) and post it here?

Thanks anyway and KUTGW ;)

I agree, you can barely hear the vocals on summer 68, the vocal to instrumental ratio is disgusting. Theres a QUAD VINYL rip on avaxhome of atom heart mother, best sounding version ive ever heard.

http://avaxhome.ws/music/rock/pink_floyd_atom_heart_mother_quadraphonic.html

@all
Contact me via PM for the links ;-)

Links are gone. Any chance of a reup please ?