Good question, Jafant. I downloaded the files to Windows 10 through HDtracks.com's proprietary download engine (it downloads when you sign up with them). In Windows 10 which I'm also using, these files download to This PC/Music. You can probably configure your own computer to send the downloads wherever you wish though. If storage is a problem, an external HD might be the answer, as you can store quite a library of music files on a 1 or 1.5 TB drive. Will you use your computer as a streaming source to listen to these files? That's a whole new can of worms.
Just starting with high-res music files
I hope this thread is not too repetitive, as Zavato began a similar one just last month, but his was very jazz-specific and rather than try to steer that discussion in a new (and possibly unwelcome) direction, I'd like to get some input on my preferred genres, classical and late 60s rock/folk. Yesterday I downloaded the 11-track sampler from HDTracks.com in 24/96 FLAC format, transferred it to a flash-drive and plugged that directly into my Cambridge Audio 751 BD player. It was a very interesting experience, and what it demonstrated was how different these disparate tracks could sound depending on the original source material. Some of them sounded superb, for example Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas," which had had real presence and outstanding clarity and definition. By contrast, "Bossy" from JD McPherson's album "Let the Good Times Roll" was simply unlistenable, over-processed and in-your-face. And a few of these tracks were simply average, probably not very different from the 44.1 Khz CD format and in one case, the Ying Quartet playing Schumann, downright unpleasant. I would be grateful if anybody has some suggestions for high-res recordings worth the investment. I'm seriously considering the remastered "Tommy" (The Who), a recording I bought in its initial release all those decades ago and still have. It would be an interesting comparison.
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