high resolution streaming


I am not sure if this has been thoroughly discussed before but I have both Tidal and Qobuz. When they have "high resolution" music are majority of them truly remastered at high resolution from master recordings (analogue or high resolution digital) or just upscaled from CD? Any idea what % of the music at Tidal and Qobuz are "truely" high resolution?
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"We do not alter or produce the music on our service in any way."
No ones saying they do, but they probably use the easiest to get latest remastered versions, which are usually the "loudest" and "most compressed" rubbish.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=supertramp&album=Crime+of+the+Century

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Pink+Floyd&album=the+final+cut

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Pink+Floyd&album=wish+you+were+here

Great album, though there were no good versions of this released, just try listening to Adel’s 21 one of the worst to put on a good system.
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Adel&album=21

Cheers George


music are majority of them truly remastered at high resolution from master recordings
Re-Masters to me usually spell two things.
"louder remastering" which is useless, because we have enough gain already.
"compression" which just make everything loud, and never seem to give quite sections for the brain to relax, just try listening to Adel’s 21 one of the worst to put on a good system. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Adel&album=21

Just compare an "earlier release" digital albums, to the later "re-masters"
Green is good, uncompressed. Yellow/orange/red is compressed.

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=supertramp&album=Crime+of+the+Century

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Pink+Floyd&album=the+final+cut

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Pink+Floyd&album=wish+you+were+here

Cheers George