Does anyone have high quality CD rips of KPM Archives series in lossless

[Yohanes Salomo]

I am tempted to record a few tracks from one of the vinyl records in WAV just to see what people’s ears make of them.  I always record in WAV and convert to FLAC as they sound great.

Hmm. True.

I mean come on, @Christopher-2010. FLAC is WAV, but it's slightly smaller in size, but still lossless like WAV. Not trying to be rude to you, but. Just be grateful with what you got.

Anyway, I agree with you, Retro.

[Christopher-2010]

You're vinyl rips will have low quality sounds in it. I need the one displayed on APM Music but not from APM Music. Also FLAC would be alright now that I realised it isn't compressed and it was the production music places compressing it.

[Christopher-2010]

nidostar, Where did you get the 10 Archives from. Where they first MP3.

[BlackwatchPlaid]

You're vinyl rips will have low quality sounds in it.

That's the owner of the site you're talking to. I'd have a little more respect if I were you.

Let's start another argument here, why will vinyl rips have low quality sounds in it exactly?

[Christopher-2010]

Oh, I didn't know he was the administrator. Is it possible to do I good quality rip like shown on APM Music?

[Fuzi]

Possibly a troll migrating from another platform after being banned.
Perhaps not responding is the most powerful reply.

[nidostar]

nidostar, Where did you get the 10 Archives from. Where they first MP3.

They were WAV files that I converted to FLAC not MP3s. They may well have come from CD I don't recall. Why such interest in the provenance of these albums? If you don't like them you don't have to listen to them.

You're vinyl rips will have low quality sounds in it.

That's the owner of the site you're talking to. I'd have a little more respect if I were you.

Let's start another argument here, why will vinyl rips have low quality sounds in it exactly?

I presume he means rumble which is inevitable from a vinyl rip because of the physical contact between stylus and record. But these were not vinyl rips.

And, thank you BWP for the acknowledgement but, perhaps disappointingly, I am not the "owner" of LMT. Merely a humble member.

Enough on this now. Let's move on.

[Christopher-2010]

The music you shared with me was alright, thank you for sharing, but still the quality is slightly compressed. I'm looking for WAV files in best quality and recently I realised that APM Music doesn't give you that.

[BlackwatchPlaid]

nidostar, Where did you get the 10 Archives from. Where they first MP3.

I am not the "owner" of LMT. Merely a humble member.

lol I was referring to Retronic offering to rip his vinyl in a reply

The music you shared with me was alright, thank you for sharing, but still the quality is slightly compressed. I'm looking for WAV files in best quality and recently I realised that APM Music doesn't give you that.

Have you ever considered that what you have been given, for free, is the best quality available right now?

You are hunting a white whale

[joelfan71]

Amen there BWP! I wouldn't have one.thirdmkd the great library vinyl and cds if it weren't for this site. Yourself and Retro were two great helps along the way Sometimes it truly does feel discouraging when you spend your time sorting through and cleaning up files or whatever work you pit
nto uploading the files , it's you time. To see that go unappreciated is truly a crime.

Keep up.the wonderful work everyone. This has been the best forums I've ever been a part of. While my illnesses and failing health has kept me from being as active as I was between 2012 - 2018. I've always come back "home" to share what I can.

[nidostar]

lol I was referring to Retronic offering to rip his vinyl in a reply

Doh! Sorry context got a bit confusing there.

[Swingalong]

The music you shared with me was alright, thank you for sharing, but still the quality is slightly compressed. I'm looking for WAV files in best quality and recently I realised that APM Music doesn't give you that.

If it was from CD, as is very likely, it will be at 44.1kHz. Most digital downloads nowadays are 48kHz as they can copy at a higher resolution from master tapes. CD quality is generally OK.

[JustAnIssac]

Gosh I seemed to have missed all the drama on this topic while I was asleep. So, sorry I'm late to this party! I'm always fascinated by the determination of those who have a flawed understanding of audio formats to try to convince us that lossless formats are anything but. As I mentioned in my post above a WAV file is merely a container not a guarantee of high quality audio. What if one was to convert a 128kbps MP3 file to WAV? Would that improve the quality of the audio? Of course not. It's a bit like saying you want to buy a car so long as it's red! A red Ford is not the same as a Ferrari.

As @ChunYinZi has explained often the tracks one obtains direct from the library web sites are not as perfect as their equivalent releases on CD. The human ear can only pick up frequencies within a certain range. The CD format at 44100Hz is more than adequate. Of course if one is an audio professional carrying out a multitude of edits it often suits them to have a higher frequency rate to minimise any quality loss. Though any loss would not be noticeable to the human ear.

May I ask @Christopher-2010 why it matters so much to you that the files you are after should be of such a high quality that the average human ear would not notice the difference? Also I'm puzzled by your reference to someone on YouTube uploading uncompressed audio files. Surely all audio on YouTube is compressed isn't it to satisfy streaming bandwidth requirements.

At the end of the day surely what this forum is about is the enjoyment of music. I have a large number of albums in MP3 format which I've collected over the years and still enjoy listening to them. I certainly wouldn't delete them all just because they don't meet the higher standards we seem to be obsessed with nowadays.

End of rant!

For those who would appreciate FLAC copies of the KPM Archive albums 1-10 you'll find them here ==> pixeldrain.com/l/RM3Dymzp

Amen and thanks!

[Christopher-2010]

The music you shared with me was alright, thank you for sharing, but still the quality is slightly compressed. I'm looking for WAV files in best quality and recently I realised that APM Music doesn't give you that.

If it was from CD, as is very likely, it will be at 44.1kHz. Most digital downloads nowadays are 48kHz as they can copy at a higher resolution from master tapes. CD quality is generally OK.

I appreciate you sharing these, but I researched how CD rips work and these aren’t true CD rips. A real audio CD contains only the audio tracks. It won’t include extra files like text documents or code, it won’t have track names, and it won’t contain metadata because audio CDs don’t store that information. If anyone else has the CD collection, please rip them a share it.

[Yohanes Salomo]

I appreciate you sharing these, but I researched how CD rips work and these aren’t true CD rips. A real audio CD contains only the audio tracks. It won’t include extra files like text documents or code, it won’t have track names, and it won’t contain metadata because audio CDs don’t store that information. If anyone else has the CD collection, please rip them a share it.

Oh come on, please. Stop ragamuffin-ing around already. At least you were being grateful with what you got alright.