> However, the mastering supplied to Hi Res shops sometimes lacks that compression, so that is where you can hear the album with room to breathe.

I've almost never heard of Hi Res with a totally new master that wouldn't have been previously available as CD, to be honest. This isn't common, right?

> the SACD format allowed adding a layer for 5.1 surround sound

Well, yeah. Too bad I don't have a PS3 to rip the SACD layer =)

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PrismCrystal 7 months ago | parent [-]

"I've almost never heard of Hi Res with a totally new master that wouldn't have been previously available as CD, to be honest. This isn't common, right?"

It has been a few years now since I did all this collecting, but I do remember instances where the CD was brickwalled, but both the Hi Res downloads and the vinyl release got a mastering with more dynamic range.

	▲	BoingBoomTschak 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		Well, if you add vinyl, yeah. I had Celtic Frost's Monotheist in that situation, and I bought the horrible CD first.