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Link: 24/96 HDTT Sample
Posted by Steve Luciani on August 21, 2025, 1:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Ravel, Daphnis et Chloë 1959, Monteux"
I downloaded the HDTT sample (link below) and listened with headphones to the same 2 minutes from the Pristine streaming site. I thought the HDTT sounded more natural as well, and the 24/96 FLAC can be had on sale for $11.20 USD for the next couple of days, so a pretty good deal. 
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Paul, I am privileged to have a reviewer's account with HDTT so can download their recordings for the purpose of review and I have compared the two via Bluetooth and CD on my Bose. The HDTT remastering is very good, devoid of hiss and very clean, but has been transferred at a considerably lower level and is not quite as rich and full as Pristine's XR remastering. However, you simply have to increase the volume for the HDTT issue and it does not distort - and some will find it more natural than Pristine's more "spotlit" version; I am happy to listen to either and both.
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I read with interest Ralph Moore's praise for the Monteux Daphnus in the Pristine remastering. It was also remastered by High Definition Tape Transfers, and I think their effort was an outstanding success. I would be interested in a comparison between the Pristine and HDTT renditions, if anyone has heard both.
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Ravel, Daphnis et Chloë 1959, Monteux - Paul Breslin August 21, 2025, 12:45 am
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