But this will not be a DSD release/SACD, correct?
Thanks.
From what I see in their catalog, Eudora normally releases albums on SACD. I assume they will do so for this album as well, but I don’t know that for sure. We’re still a week ahead of the official release date (April 12) for this album, so it won’t show up anywhere until then.
I’m assuming you would be able to purchase the physical SACD from Eudora’s website (here) beginning April 12 as you can any of their other albums. Right now it’s showing as “Out of Stock” because we haven’t reached the release date.
I’m not sure what your question “But this will not be a DSD release/SACD, correct?” means, but I’d be happy to try to answer further if you can expand on it a bit.
“there may be an SACD on offer through some source, but it will not be the same mix/mastering.“
This prompted my follow up question.
IOW, will the SACD be the equal of the DSD 64 (.dsf) file, or not?
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No. The DSD64 file from NativeDSD (only) will have superior sonics. This is because of the way the file has been mixed and mastered.
I’m confident the SACD will sound just fine. But the NativeDSD DSD64 has no PCM in its mastering chain. It is Pure DSD. The SACD will have been rendered from the PCM mixed master created in Pyramix. Thus, it will be a conversion step further removed from the original DSD256 microphone tracking channels as compared to the NativeDSD file. This will be true of any file from any source other than NativeDSD.
Just don’t do a head-to-head comparison of the files. 
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BTW, as a follow-up thought… It would be perfectly possible for an SACD to have the identical DSD64 file as the Pure DSD64 file you download from NativeDSD. It is only that the distribution chain does not provide for it.
The SACD and every other file you might download from any source other than NativeDSD will have come from the PCM edit master created in Pyramix.
The Pure DSD files available only from NativeDSD are generated in a completely separate mastering process that starts all over again from the original DSD256 microphone tracking channels as explained in my article(s) describing this collaboration between Gonzalo at Eudora and Tom at NativeDSD.
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Thanks for the recommendation and the discount.
The time and effort you spend in your reviews is much appreciated!
Sohail
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Thanks.
This is a cracker!
Almost ordered it without reading your post first; thanks for the code! I’ll listen it once everyone wakes up!
track 1 of Homeland available on Qobuz, 24/192
got the superb DSD256…purchased along with DSD256 of (also superb, though piano not as rich as Homeland),
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The Eudora recorded album of Josep Colom playing works by Mompou is indeed superb, @akro. Great recommendation. The richer sound in “Homeland” comes from the new Sonodore microphones Gonzalo acquired a couple of years ago – they are really superb.
Here’s another gem from Native DSD. Excellent transfer from Analog source to DSD256. So live sounding and beautiful music. It really feels like a live trumpet in my room! You can feel his breath as he blows into the horn, and right now it’s 25% off from Native DSD.
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Nice album! Yarlung Records has made a number of wonderful albums recorded to 15ips analog tape and direct to DSD256. All are well worth checking out.
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I found another analog to DSD256 from Yarlung that sounds mindblowing real! Such a feeling of live ambience of space! Great dynamics! Thanks Rushton! Got the discount.
EDIT: Turn up the volume on track 2 (Canticle No. 3), if your system is up to it, it will blow you away!
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Where’s the 25% off?
Thanks!
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This is such a great album, it is wonderful to now have it in my digital music library in the best quality sound. My standard for this album has always been the excellent 45rpm vinyl incarnation from Analogue Productions. Of digital releases, I have the SACDs from Analogue Productions and Contemporary, but they just never had that “alive” sound of the 45rmp vinyl. This new DSD256 transfer from a 15ips tape brings that life back to my ears. Sure, my sonic memory may be faulty, so I make no effort to compare this in absolute terms to the 45rpm. But I have directly compared this new DSD256 to the two digital releases (both files from the SACDs) and this new HDTT stands head and shoulders above them in definition, “jump factor” and pure sense life in the instruments. (The AP is at a lower overall volume level, so I adjusted for that.) The tape transfer is absolutely pristine: clean, quiet, no background noise. Plus it has the fully dynamic range we hear with 15ips tape. No compression. No futzing with the frequency balance. Just a joyful, immensely engaging album once again! Great work, HDTT.
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I concur. This really is a great album.
My favourite, thus far, is the Contemporary Records 70th Anniversary Remastered edition, which I downloaded from Bandcamp. To my surprise, the sample rate is 24/96.
If the HDTT 256 version betters it, I’ll be delighted!
I’ll download the HDTT file to find out…
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I’m listening now to to the HDTT 256 file download.
My immediate impressions are that there are differences, but they’re subtle…
IMO, the HDTT version is ‘better’ than
It’s certainly not ‘night and day’, but…
to my ears, and on my system, the HDTT version sounds rather more, dare I say it, ‘analogue’.
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