(Rock) Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970) [SHM-CD] - 2009, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 19. February 2009, 14:52

Neil Young / After The Gold Rush [SHM-CD]

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-760A Adapter: 4 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 2:59.00 | 0 | 13424
2 | 2:59.00 | 3:46.08 | 13425 | 30382
3 | 6:45.08 | 3:08.22 | 30383 | 44504
4 | 9:53.30 | 5:32.10 | 44505 | 69414
5 | 15:25.40 | 1:20.38 | 69415 | 75452
6 | 16:46.03 | 3:50.22 | 75453 | 92724
7 | 20:36.25 | 2:57.50 | 92725 | 106049
8 | 23:34.00 | 2:33.33 | 106050 | 117557
9 | 26:07.33 | 4:05.30 | 117558 | 135962
10 | 30:12.63 | 3:27.45 | 135963 | 151532
11 | 33:40.33 | 1:34.45 | 151533 | 158627

Range status and errors

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Filename C:\MUSIC\Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [SHM-CD]\Neil Young - After The Gold Rush [SHM-CD].wav

Peak level 100.0 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC FED6898B
Copy OK

No errors occurred

End of status report

First of all, have you ever wondered why record labels are so fast with SHM-CD releases while Steve Hoffman and Analogue Productions for example work for months on their SACD reissues?... the reason behind this is simple, SHM-CD's are not new remasters, they are mass market remasters already done and available on the market, they have just been plunked on a new type of plastic.

What about the new type of plastic then, it's supposed to be so clear that your player should read such discs without errors, but the essential question is how many errors normal CD playback generates, on better players, the playback is bit-perfect meaning no errors occur during listening, on cheaper players (up to $150), the laser isn't that precise so it may generate 0,03%, 0,1% or 1% errors. As you see, even if you're playing SHAM-CD you are only getting 1% more bits (at best) compared to the same mass market remaster pressed on a normal CD, is such "uprgade" worth your money, only you can decide...

Let me just add that while SHM-CD can give you 0,03% or 1% more bits, on high resolution SACD recording there's 400% bits (musical information) more than on a normal CD.

SHM-CD can never be better than a high resolution SACD recording.

Краткий перевод SHM-CD Это не новые ремастеры, а те которые уже есть в продаже, только наштампованые из нового пластика, который дает меньшее количество
ошибок при чтении на CD проигрывателе.