24bit 192kHz music downloads, I hear the future!

Thread revival!!

So Christmas gone I heavily modified my Monitor Audio speakers (see first post for Hi-fi set-up) by internal stiffening & dampening of the cabinets & a full rebuild of the cross-overs using far better components. The internal work to the cabinet removed all bass boom/resonance, which was to be expected. The high frequency notes are much clearer, & less sharp/tiring on the ears, the mid-range is no longer muddy & there is now a proper soundstage! The best part is when low kick drums with either a bass guitar or a double bass are playing along, you can now tell each separate note, instead of hearing a combined muddy note! The notes are faster & cleaner as the drivers can react much quicker than before, & with no unnecessary “overrun bounce”. This has improved everything & I went back & re-listened to all my "test" CDs besides all the normal stuff!

So back to hi-res stuff......I have have a CD from Linn (yes Linn records decks/audio) of the choir Magnificat, directed by Phillip Cave, singing Thomas Tallis "Spem in alium, Lamentations, Mass & Motets", which sounded even better after the speaker rebuild.

This is one of the best "test" CDs & has remained a standard for choirs/Choral music, especially the song "Spem in alium".

I recently bought the Studio Master 24bit 96kHz FLAC file from Linn which is the original that the CD was made from & not a "remaster" of the studio master as the one in my OP above.

This version is just so much better! You can hear everything in the vocals, all the enunciation, the lot!!....The placement of the voices is better as well!

Now to find proper Studio Masters of some of my other stuff & not the "up-scaled" from CD stuff that others are selling!..more money !....