In addition what Andy mentions sometimes eclassical or Prostudiomasters are also sometimes having a good deal.
Prostudiomasters - mostly when large multi cd albums are released in classical (not always)
Eclassical at introduction of albums sometimes, or when they discount with 50% sometimes in the year….
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Thanks BertBird. Will create some bookmarks to easily check them all out. 
Edit - just to add I am using Qobuz for discovery and first listens and then hunting for digital or vinyl versions of things I like at the moment - so will get into the habit of getting familiar with more sites!
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Not because I’m the biggest fan, but I consider it an obligation to have his music in my catalogue. Last week he passed away, he certainly was one of the names that made Dutch music history.
Some of his songs became evergreens in the Netherlands and gained cult status among certain groups.
Malle Babbe especially was and is played everywhere for example among student societies.
Ordered in the Qobuz download store the 24/96kHz version in FLAC format.
I actually was quite surprised to see his albums so high in the Qobuz downloads chart. I hope its earnings serves his wife and child well.
Rest in peace, Rob…
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Logic Gate | Vortex | bandcamp | 16/44.1 | FLAC
Released yesterday, more ambient electronics from Steven Grace (who is Logic Gate) in the styles of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.
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From the Deacon Blue site, they have their new album, plus some bonus tracks for only £4.99, on offer for a week. Both mp3 and WAV.
Due to see them shortly in Cambridge, so looking forward to that.
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Definitely reminiscent of Virgin Years Tangerine Dream. A purchase will be upcoming. Thanks for the post
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Could not resist the latest Yazz Ahmed: Paradise in the Hold.
One that grows on you.
Downloaded the digital file from Bandcamp
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Generally, I prefer this music when it accompanies dancers. But this recording is an audiophile legend. 176.4/24 from Qobuz. Based on the resolution, my guess is this is a conversion of the SACD. I certainly hope it’s not an upsampling of the standard 44.1/16.
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Did you look at the DSD offerings on Blue Note at Qobuz (or ProStudioMasters)? It might be interesting to pick one and do a comparison.
Some of these Blue Note titles have been remastered multiple times - and it’s impossible to figure out the source of the downloads. In some cases the mastering engineer is identified. For example, when I see Alan Yoshida’s name I jump on it - even for redbook releases (Audio Wave). But sometimes the information is unavailable.
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Yes I picked up a couple - I presume the DSDs were sourced from SACD releases? Listening to Head Hunters HH now and it sounds good. But didn’t get the 24/96 to compare - was worried it was a convert from 24/88. Agree it’s really hard to track down the origin of the mastering for downloads - though Jazz and Classical are well served generally (compared to rock) I find. Have you tried some of the DSDs?
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Not the Blue Notes. I bought the entire first AP set of 25 on SACD and added to it another 20 or so audiophile titles (Audio Wave and various PCM hi-res downloads where I knew who did the mastering). That was enough Blue Note. I added a healthy number of Miles SACDs on Sony and then replaced them with MFSL SACDs. Plus various other hi res titles, but mostly physical discs. The proportion of my jazz collection that is hi-res/audiophile exceeds that of any other genre.
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Andy Bloyce | Abstract Music For Nubulae | bandcamp | 14/44.1 | ALAC
Andy Bloyce usually known for the Soviet Space Dog project.
I am tempted by the Hiromi album.
Must go back and have another listen.
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Robert Rich & Ian Boddy | Outpost | bandcamp | 16/44.1 | FLAC
DiN11 - RobertRich & Ian Boddy - Outpost DiN11 | 2002 | Limited to 2000 copies (sold out)
"Outpost"is the first collaboration between British synthesist Ian Boddy and American ambient pioneer Robert Rich. Both Boddy & Rich have been involved in electronic music for over twenty years but have travelled very different musical paths.
Rich is best known for his many releases on the Hearts of Space, Hypnos and Release/Relapse labels. Boddy’s numerous electronic albums on his Something Else Records label garnered respect throughout Europe during this same period. Ian Boddy launched the DiN label in 1999 in order to stretch the boundaries of contemporary electronica, and has released a series of exceptional limited edition releases including several of his own solo and collaborative albums.
Together, Rich and Boddy have concocted a mysterious blend of fluid electronic rhythms and impressionistic 50’s Sci-Fi soundscapes. With tools ranging from vintage and modern analog modular synthesizers, prepared piano, metallic percussion, feedback networks, and digital signal processing, the two musicians have crafted a sonic journey to the remote edge of a future, lost civilization.
Unlike many other “virtual” long-distance collaborations, Boddy and Rich preferred to work together in the same space, allowing musical ideas to flow between them spontaneously. Boddy first travelled to California for a week, where he and Rich started recording “Outpost” in Rich’s studio. A month later, Rich travelled to Northern England, where he and Boddy finished the album at DiN. Rich then completed the final mixing and mastering back at his Soundscape studio.
Full of surprising transitions and dynamic extremes, “Outpost” shows these two veteran recording artists stretching their music into new vocabularies. Four sections of the album feature pulsating rhythms from Rich’s MOTM modular synthesizer. Boddy departs from his normally electronic voicings with abstract textural interludes on prepared piano, which he performed on the 1925 vintage baby grand in Rich’s studio.
Interwoven with NASA broadcasts, ionospheric radio whistlers, Boddy’s extreme Metasynth excursions, and Rich’s signature steel guitar, “Outpost” promises to take the listener to new sonic terrain.
credits
released March 1, 2002
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