The Ultimate Sonic Blueprint: Experiencing Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue in 24-bit/96kHz FLAC and SACD
Perhaps the most melancholic and spacious piece of music ever recorded, "Blue in Green" relies heavily on atmospheric silence. Here, the 24-bit noise floor reveals its true value. The background is utterly pitch-black, allowing John Coltrane’s tenor saxophone to emerge from the silence with a ghost-like, velvety presence. The decay of Bill Evans’s final piano chords sustains naturally into the room acoustic, lingering in the air exactly as it did in 1959. "Flamenco Sketches" Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue -1959- FLAC 24-96 SACD
This has none of that. It has the analog warmth without the ritual of flipping a record. You hear the master tape’s hiss (which is a good thing—it proves no noise reduction was used) and the rustle of Jimmy Cobb’s brushes with terrifying clarity. The decay of Bill Evans’s final piano chords