Neil Young's Hitchhiker in 24/384

[new_media]

I just purchased Neil Young's Hitchhiker from Qobuz. If you buy the HD version, you get a choice of several formats and resolutions including 24/384. They also offer 24/192, I assume since a lot of DACs won't handle the higher sampling frequency.

 

Just thought it was interesting to see a high-profile commercial release in super-high resolution. Fairly priced at €15,99 as  well.

[Ralf11]

Thanks - does it sound better under a full moon?

[esldude]

So this 1970's recording is 384/24?  What do you think that gets you that 96/24 would miss?

 

For the price I suppose there is no reason to complain, but why waste all those samples?

[firedog]

I'd buy the lower res hi res and upsample  to 384 if I thought super hires sounded better on my system.

[Patrick Cleasby]

I got it down for interest but FLAC, AIFF and WAV downloaded from the 384 option are all actually 192.

 

So I think it's a mistake. I shall ask for my 10.99 back!

[StephenJK]

I bought the LP version, as I have every Neil Young release on LP.

[TubeLover]

14 hours ago, SJK said:

I bought the LP version, as I have every Neil Young release on LP.

Given the total number of the releases in his catalog, that's impressive. I also have everything on CD, with some additional Hi Rez versions.

 

Do you have both Arc and Weld?

 

JC

[paul_riordan]

On 9/8/2017 at 9:00 AM, Patrick Cleasby said:

I got it down for interest but FLAC, AIFF and WAV downloaded from the 384 option are all actually 192.

 

So I think it's a mistake. I shall ask for my 10.99 back!

I tried to download the 384 version as well and got the same as you.  I emailed them earlier to find out what is going on.  In my experience with Qobuz they are pretty good so I will await their response.

[AudGuy]

It is available from Tidal as a MASTER product but I don't know what they are streaming.

 

I don't know if Tidal has all of them, BUT I counted 62 different albums ... with numerous variations of many included. 

[StephenJK]

On 9/9/2017 at 12:34 AM, TubeLover said:

Given the total number of the releases in his catalog, that's impressive. I also have everything on CD, with some additional Hi Rez versions.

 

Do you have both Arc and Weld?

 

JC

Sorry about the delay in responding.  I have Weld.  My understanding is that Arc was only released on CD, never on LP. 

 

There's more information here on a recent reddit post - before I deleted my account.  Since that post I now have Eldorado - only missing Lucky 13.

 

 

 

[Ralf11]

How good is Hitchhiker?

 

FWIW, I just ordered a bunch of CDs from his back catalog, as the meagre 28 albums I have is not adequate

[Allan F]

FWIW, both HD Tracks and Acoustic Sounds have Hitchhiker available in 24/96 and 24/192.

[StephenJK]

4 hours ago, Allan F said:

FWIW, both HD Tracks and Acoustic Sounds have Hitchhiker available in 24/96 and 24/192.

I have it on LP. It's an interesting and somewhat introspective album, with acoustic versions of what becomes Rust Never Sleeps. 

 

What I find remarkable is how Neil Young moves from acoustic to an electrical version, depending on who knows what. 

[mjb]

Hitchhiker is 33 minutes long, and HDtracks wants 23.5 euros... that 70 cents a minute! 

[#Yoda#]

6 hours ago, mjb said:

Hitchhiker is 33 minutes long, and HDtracks wants 23.5 euros... that 70 cents a minute! 

 

The prices for most HiRes albums at HDtracks are in general far away from being competitive in Europe since a view weeks, even with the usual 15% discount. Cheapest vendor for Hitchhiker in Europe is currently 7digital.com, until it is, hopefully  soon, available here: https://neilyoung.warnerbrosrecords.com/music-2/hd-digital.html