AJP3-爵士原音3
2 Discs Special Limited Edition
“Audiophile Jazz Prologue – Part 3″ Limited Edition is launched. We have been worked on more than 2 years for this release. The worldwide feedback & reviews are truly outstanding. Thank you so much for everyone who has sent us comments and introduce our records to other audiophile. We provide download our free music samples in high resolution 24/96 & 24/192 for trail. We hope you will like it and you can order from our “Buy Online” page.
Song Lists:
- 01 – You’ve Got A Friend (4:30)
- 02 – Barbados (2:21)
- 03 – My One And Only Love (5:18)
- 04 – Freddie (6:46)
- 05 – I Should Care (5:09)
- 06 – Lush Life (4:33)
- 07 – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (2:20)
- 08 – Something Real (5:08)
- 09 – April In Paris (7:06)
- 10 – You’ve Stepped Out Of A Dream (6:47)
- 11 – Nica’s Dream (9:14)
- 12 Afro Blue (4:04)
- 13 Share And Share Alike (6:35)
The Audiophile Jazz Prologue – Part 03 Limited Edition
- Local Pick up – MSRP Hong Kong Dollars (HK$)280
- Worldwide shipping + handling – Hong Kong Dollars(HK$)330
- Worldwide Dealer Page
- Buy Online Page
- Free Samples Download – (16/44.1, 24/96 & 24/192)
- Download Webstore – (24/96 only)
Hi,
when is the cd Jazz Prologue ready to be purchased?
/robban
Thanks for your message. The AJP Part 03 will be available before Christmas. At the moment, we are preparing the Limited Edition, which is a specially made CD-R copies + Hi-Res file based DVD. We look forward to get those 2000 CD-Rs directly from Japan next week when we visit the Tokyo HiFi Show.
Thank you very much for your interest, I will keep you update with the status.
Is there going to be a SACD version as well?
I hope a SACD version will be available.
Hello Brian and Danny, Thanks for your comments. I just came back from the Tokyo HiFi show, and one of the biggest topic during the show is, hardware manufacturer is still putting up more new SACD products, but there is no new SACD softwares. As I can hear and see, most records companies are pulling the plug from SACD.
I don’t have plan to release SACD at the moment, but rather the very limited edition that includes a premium made CD-R, and a data disc with the master files. You will read more on my Tokyo HiFi show report that more and more manufacturers are moving towards hard disk playback, and the master files are the most original source.
1, 2 集我都有買, 個人比較喜歡純音樂部份, 演奏得很出色, 我也想會有3集SACD版本!
If there isn’t going to a SACD version, perhaps there should be a DXD version where I can download. The master is in DXD right? That would be superb. I would need to get some new gear that can play DXD though – like the Korg MR-2000S http://www.korg.com/mr2000S/
趙學而 新專輯 百萬元設備 打造靚錄音
Dear Kent
May I ask a simple but silly question that
What is the original file size of the cantonese pop song music say 4 minutes song? 2G, 3G or just 500-600M?
How to convert the original file to redbook CD? by what software?
Thanks and pls!
freeman
Dear Kent
Sorry for missing the puirpose of my question:
I just want to know if the original file size is larger than the redbook CD file, will there be degraded the sound quality?
or
any adverse effect on the sound quality during the compression (I guess) of the original file to CD file?
pls and thx!
Dear freeman,
The file size of music does not related to genre. A 4mins audiophile music has the same file size as a 4 mins hiphop music, as soon as they have the same bitrate (16/24 etc) and sampling rate (44.1kHz/96kHz etc).
For Stereo 16bit 44.1kHz (CD), each minute is 9.85Mb/min. 4 mins = 39.4Mb
For Stereo 24bit 44.1kHz, each minute is 14.8Mb. 4 mins = 59Mb
For Stereo 24bit96kHz, each minute is 32.2Mb. 4 mins = 128Mb
For today production, most people are using either 24/44.1 or 24/48 in the pop industry Pop industry doesn’t really benefit with ultra high sampling rate as the music nature doesn’t make good use of high fidelity. Classical, Acoustics music are more likely benefit with higher resolution.
CD is limited with 16 bit/44.1khz, for all other resolution bitrate/sample rate will need to convert. I wrote an old paper around 2000 and published somewhere in 2002: http://www.designwsound.com/pdf//my_articles/dithering.pdf
You need dithering to convert bit rate higher than 16 back to 16bit.
You need sample rate conversion from higher sampling rate back to 44.1kHz
From my experience
- sample rate converted may or may not degrade the sound, depends on the music genre.
- bit rate decreased from 24bit to 16bit always degrade the sound
Dear Kent
Thanks for your reply
Thanks a lot
I always guess that
the sound will be recorded in a casttee tape or similar storage media to contain all waveband and all freq (all kinds of data)
Then, edit this “ALL sound file”, cutting the freq which people cannot hear to reduce the size file or
Just just a software like adobe audition to set the bit/sample freq rate (say 16/44.1) to process this file
This method I guess is people doing the auditing / editing by different audio fomrat, redbook, hdcd, sacd…etc. without loss of any data
However, if we just record the music by 16/44.1. When we change the format from redbook to sacd format, is it just basis on the incomplete data file?
Sorry that seems a lot of questions, ha….
In digital audio cutting the freq. will not reduce the file size.
If the recording was originally recorded in 16/44.1, but will process through DSP. The bit rate will expand to 24bit. More information regarding bit rate and dittering, you can view my old papers here:
http://www.designwsound.com/pdf/my_articles/dithering.pdf
i just have a cd burner – no dvd burner. are there any cd samples i can download? thanks, peter
If you want to burn a CD samples, you can download the 16bit/44.1kHz.
Hi Kent, can I buy a copy of your record from you – I live in Denmark?
Super music – just my taste in jazzzzzz….
Best regards
Thomas
Hello Thomas, I emailed to you earlier, you can buy from our online store.
Denmark superb audio manufacturer – Vitus Audio has a copy of this AJP-III
Hi Kent,
Have you consider to issue the CD-R only in the near future?
Regards
V Chan
Hello V Chan,
Thank you for your message. There will not be CD-R only in any near future. The CD-R production cost is very high since it is hand by hand custom made, and I wish our clients to have the MASTER TAPE sources becomes stronger and stronger when people are capable to playback the files and tell us they know why red book 16bit/44.1kHz is not enough. You can easily hear the differences.
Bests,
Kent
Hi Kent:
where can I register my CD serial no. at your blog?
Hello, I replied your questions via email. thanks!
l brough the prologue 3 last week
how can i play the dvd-r couse my computer cant read file
I use a Tascam DV-RA1000HD. Do you think to sell DSD (.dff) version ?
Tnx a lot.
Roby
como puedo registrar el numero del cd-r.gracias desde España.
please email me your info contact@designwsound.com
espero , con impaciencia,reedicion,AJP I y AJP II. Cuando.
Hi Ken:
Is there any difference between the 24/96 or 24/192 music files(download from Linn, Reference Recordings and others) compared to SACD of the same title. Download HD files are very close to original master tape. How about SACD, they are 24/96 or 24/192 too.
I made a mistake. SACD is 1 bit/2.8MHZ. DVD-A 24/192. How’s the SACD and DVD-A compared to the HD files?
The DSD file is exactly the same as SACD, although we don’t release one. The 24/192 will be same as DVD-A, but just without the physical disc.
Hi Kent:
I know listen to 24/96 and 24/192 music file is better than listen to CD, but the high rez. files are limited. And most people have few hunderd CDs or more. I would like to know is there any way to improve CD playback other than buying more expensive digital equipment.
I have heard in Linn dealer showroom comparing Linn Majik DS playing a rip CD compare to Majik CD player playing the same CD. The rip CD did sound a little bit better.
I saw in the hifitrack.com has some music tracks using software to upsample. Most audiophile don’t have the software and don’t know how to do it.
Is adding a high quality upsampler(DCS Purcell 24/192) help? Purcell probably is better than most DAC’s internal upsampler. I am talking about buying a used Purcell($1500US or less), if buy a new one, then should buy a better DAC.
When playing 24/88.4 music file, using the Purcell to upsample it to 24/176.4 help?
Edmund