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Beatles Remasters on USB Drive and Vinyl

According to Rolling Stone the Beatles Remasters are going to be released on a limited edition USB drive. The 14 album stereo releases will be in the shape of the Apple logo and in high resolution 24 bit FLAC format as well as 320kbps MP3. All album art and 13 short films about the albums will be included. The USB release is scheduled for December 8th.

Apple also intends to release all of the albums on vinyl at an undetermined time.
rwwear
rwwear OP
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Jeff Jones CEO of Apple Records in the Rolling Stone mag says the reason the release date is undetermined is because of the time it takes to get the masters right. Maybe he is not referring to the original master tapes but if they were going to just use the digital mixdowns it would be easy.
cutterfilm
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Anybody with a 24bit DAC listening to tracks off the Beatles USB Apple?
rwwear OP
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Not me yet. But they should play back in high resolution through the usb port of an Oppo bluray player or similar device a well as through a usb port on a receiver or processor.
rwwear OP
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Well Barnes and Noble sent me a 20% off coupon in addition to my 10% off card and I bought the Beatles USB drive. I'll let you know how it sounds when I get it and have a chance to listen.
rwwear OP
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The Mp3 files on the Beatles USB drive play back fine through the Oppo USB input and loaded easily into iTunes. But I've only been able to play the FLAC files on my computer at this point. An outboard DAC with 24 bit resolution will be required to get the best sound.
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