02-13-2015 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Romy the Cat Boston, MA Posts 10,160 Joined on 05-28-2004 Post #: 1 Post ID: 21534 Reply to: 21534 Does Reference Recordings go franchise? fiogf49gjkf0d There was a Reference Recordings company that did some nice sound and sometimes, unfortunately much less frequently, some good music. The premises behind the Reference Recordings that they were pure PCM recording, uselessly done in 4x with Pacific A/D. I got last night Manfred Honeck with  Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra doing Bruckner 4. To my surprise it was 2 and 5 channels SACD with complimentary 2Ch PCM stereo. The SACD was done for RR by Boston’s Soundmirror – a known proponent of DSD and obsessive multi-micing. Hmmm, that is kind of disappointing. What would be next, who also would be granted franchise to sell under RR label?    I did not listen my new Bruckner 4 yet. Still, if it is accept able sound (and I think it will) then how I can reconcile the fact that they are DSD original recordings that there multiple times converted to PCM? How long would be when iTines will be selling their mp3 files with Reference Recordings logo?    The caT "I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche