While browsing the Stones CD collection at my local HMV, I noticed that a lot of them are available as Japanese digipack imports, on the ABKO label
the series is called 'Rolling Stones in the 60's.
http://www.universalmusicworld.jp/stones/
The price is what got me, 3-5X the domestic! Outrageous!
I asked a clerk if there was a difference in audio quality, and she said , yes, the Japanese imports are usually mastered at 24 bits while the domestic are mastered at 16 bits??
Is this true? Is there really a measurable difference in quality?
Or is it more prestige/bragging rights to say you have a japanese import?
While browsing the Stones CD collection at my local HMV, I noticed that a lot of them are available as Japanese digipack imports, on the ABKO label
the series is called 'Rolling Stones in the 60's.
http://www.universalmusicworld.jp/stones/
The price is what got me, 3-5X the domestic! Outrageous!
I asked a clerk if there was a difference in audio quality, and she said , yes, the Japanese imports are usually mastered at 24 bits while the domestic are mastered at 16 bits??
Is this true? Is there really a measurable difference in quality?
Or is it more prestige/bragging rights to say you have a japanese import?