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by no-such-address 576 days ago
Funny article.

"The exact master copy that the artist recorded and wanted for us to hear" In the digital era, does that even, uniquely, exist?

"a set of standards created by a bunch of engineers in 1993" Nice!

Was hoping the article would mention double blind studies about the ability to perceive differences and the quality between various audio file format, available elsewhere. Interesting, though not as overwrought as the reporting in this article.

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In fact, Glenn Gould's final recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations was rereleased from the analog tape recording, as the sound quality was better than digital of the time (1981).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach:_The_Goldberg_Variations_...