Which audio format has good quality on Saregama?

sunder said:
On Gaana.com, a subscriber can download the songs and can keep the files with him, only as far as he continues as a subscriber. If he stops the subscription, then he couldn't listen the downloaded files. So, for the songs , the payment should be done for years as long as we live! Is it worth?
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Lossless music is the most pleasing to ears & soul (only available as CDs or Vinyls or Hi-Res digital purchases, streaming)
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Music on-the-go (streaming) is the need of the hour (you cannot carry CDs Vinyls around)
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Music on demand is a better way to enjoy (multiple songs, from multiple albums, & not 1 single album start to end)

[Though you can only appreciate the intricacies of a song when you hear an album from start to the finish]

The above dilemma is something we friends have struggled through back in college 2006-10. And listening to various sources and formats ultimately ended up realising nothing can beat CD or vinyl quality. And if you digitise them, you can have them on-the-go as per your playlist.

Since then, 4 of us, we have been collectively buying and digitising (umm... Ripping) CDs & Vinyls as and when we could afford them. Creating a humongous collection on Hindi, Tamil & English music over the last 10yrs. That's more than 1TB collevtively.

You might make a case for piracy here, but you have done your share of contribution by buying those very CDs & Vinyls in the first place. Also there's no better option available out there. A lossless streaming service to be paid from India costs approx (tidal annual) $19.99/month or (QoBuz) $199.99/yr
Say you start paying at 25yrs and die at 65yrs, that's 40yrs of paid streaming,
19.99 x 12 x 40 = $9595 over your lifetime.
For 1 USD = ₹72, that's ~₹691000.
This is ridiculous.
(The USD rate gets the better of us here in India, else it's feasible if you live in the states or earn in USD)

[Similarly I request all readers to calculate their investment over the lifetime, and take a wiser decision.]

And if you build such a collection like we did, your next generation doesn't have to repeat it, also you don't just forward it to your son's/daughters, you spread it around. When you go about doing such a thing you cross paths with so many collaborators and smart, intelligent people who have already done the good work. More that willing to share it with you!
 
Krakenopheonix said:
And if you build such a collection like we did, your next generation doesn't have to repeat it, also you don't just forward it to your son's/daughters, you spread it around. When you go about doing such a thing you cross paths with so many collaborators and smart, intelligent people who have already done the good work. More that willing to share it with you!
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Well said. Thank you.
 
Krakenopheonix said:
Lossless music is the most pleasing to ears & soul (only available as CDs or Vinyls or Hi-Res digital purchases, streaming)
+
Music on-the-go (streaming) is the need of the hour (you cannot carry CDs Vinyls around)
+
Music on demand is a better way to enjoy (multiple songs, from multiple albums, & not 1 single album start to end)

[Though you can only appreciate the intricacies of a song when you hear an album from start to the finish]

The above dilemma is something we friends have struggled through back in college 2006-10. And listening to various sources and formats ultimately ended up realising nothing can beat CD or vinyl quality. And if you digitise them, you can have them on-the-go as per your playlist.

Since then, 4 of us, we have been collectively buying and digitising (umm... Ripping) CDs & Vinyls as and when we could afford them. Creating a humongous collection on Hindi, Tamil & English music over the last 10yrs. That's more than 1TB collevtively.

You might make a case for piracy here, but you have done your share of contribution by buying those very CDs & Vinyls in the first place. Also there's no better option available out there. A lossless streaming service to be paid from India costs approx (tidal annual) $19.99/month or (QoBuz) $199.99/yr
Say you start paying at 25yrs and die at 65yrs, that's 40yrs of paid streaming,
19.99 x 12 x 40 = $9595 over your lifetime.
For 1 USD = ₹72, that's ~₹691000.
This is ridiculous.
(The USD rate gets the better of us here in India, else it's feasible if you live in the states or earn in USD)

[Similarly I request all readers to calculate their investment over the lifetime, and take a wiser decision.]

And if you build such a collection like we did, your next generation doesn't have to repeat it, also you don't just forward it to your son's/daughters, you spread it around. When you go about doing such a thing you cross paths with so many collaborators and smart, intelligent people who have already done the good work. More that willing to share it with you!
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I’m selfishly tempted to ask you for the rips.
 
Krakenopheonix said:
Lossless music is the most pleasing to ears & soul (only available as CDs or Vinyls or Hi-Res digital purchases, streaming)
+
Music on-the-go (streaming) is the need of the hour (you cannot carry CDs Vinyls around)
+
Music on demand is a better way to enjoy (multiple songs, from multiple albums, & not 1 single album start to end)

[Though you can only appreciate the intricacies of a song when you hear an album from start to the finish]

The above dilemma is something we friends have struggled through back in college 2006-10. And listening to various sources and formats ultimately ended up realising nothing can beat CD or vinyl quality. And if you digitise them, you can have them on-the-go as per your playlist.

Since then, 4 of us, we have been collectively buying and digitising (umm... Ripping) CDs & Vinyls as and when we could afford them. Creating a humongous collection on Hindi, Tamil & English music over the last 10yrs. That's more than 1TB collevtively.

You might make a case for piracy here, but you have done your share of contribution by buying those very CDs & Vinyls in the first place. Also there's no better option available out there. A lossless streaming service to be paid from India costs approx (tidal annual) $19.99/month or (QoBuz) $199.99/yr
Say you start paying at 25yrs and die at 65yrs, that's 40yrs of paid streaming,
19.99 x 12 x 40 = $9595 over your lifetime.
For 1 USD = ₹72, that's ~₹691000.
This is ridiculous.
(The USD rate gets the better of us here in India, else it's feasible if you live in the states or earn in USD)

[Similarly I request all readers to calculate their investment over the lifetime, and take a wiser decision.]

And if you build such a collection like we did, your next generation doesn't have to repeat it, also you don't just forward it to your son's/daughters, you spread it around. When you go about doing such a thing you cross paths with so many collaborators and smart, intelligent people who have already done the good work. More that willing to share it with you!
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Well done bro :) Have got the enthusiasm to digitise some precious vinyls. The TTS these days allow us to digitise the vinyls. Shall do it during holidays.
 
Dear Friends,
I too have been faced with this dilemma when sourcing old Bollywood music. As some of you would be aware that most of the old original audio collection was destroyed in a fire sometime back and thereafter the music we get on CD's resembles something like 128 kbps audio which is dull and lacks the dynamics.
A way around this is to buy the video DVD/Bluray of the old movies which still have the recordings of the original songs. Another option is listening on youtube which for some reason sounds better than the Saregama etc. Our old music is no less than any national treasure and I humbly request those in possession of old original audio collection to share it with the community on the forum.
Thanks
Ajit
 
Bit off topic but....

Fortunately, I have 600 odd audio cassettes of pre-1980 era Bollywood. All my favourites. I am satisfied with the playback quality on my cassette decks. I think, I will never need these in digital in my lifetime as I prefer to enjoy music in my living room on 2.0 setup. Also, in car, 320kbps MP3 quality is more than enough. Hence, I think there is no need for hifi digital for me.
 
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Arvind Singh Lodhi said:
Bit off topic but....

Fortunately, I have 600 odd audio cassettes of pre-1980 era Bollywood. All my favourites. I am satisfied with the playback quality on my cassette decks. I think, I will never need these in digital in my lifetime as I prefer to enjoy music in my living room on 2.0 setup. Also, in car, 320kbps MP3 quality is more than enough. Hence, I think there is no need for hifi digital for me.
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Analogue versus digital is a debatable issue in audio forums. Many like analogue while digital music lovers are not less in number. This is very common or simple matter as listening to music is purely subjective. But today we also look at the convenience offered by the digital music players. We can't ignore the portability and accessibility of the digital music players. From this apart digital music will be an option for the coming generation. So IMHO it is better to digitise music for our grandchildren.
 
I guess we all will be listening to Tapes, CD's , vinyls , and also digital music (since new releases will be mostly online) ...point here is that u dont keep buying the same track in different formats ....as technology keeps changing

So u had a vinyl or a cassette and .then u disposed it off .....and then purchased a CD of the same soundtrack ....and then came MP3 ....so u disposed ur CD collection .....
now that vinyl is back in fashion u are buying a particular soundtrack even though u have those tracks in maybe CD or MP3 ...
 
Bhaskar Jyoti Talapatra said:
Analogue versus digital is a debatable issue in audio forums. Many like analogue while digital music lovers are not less in number. This is very common or simple matter as listening to music is purely subjective. But today we also look at the convenience offered by the digital music players. We can't ignore the portability and accessibility of the digital music players. From this apart digital music will be an option for the coming generation. So IMHO it is better to digitise music for our grandchildren.
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It is not Analogue versus digital debate. Certainly digital is more convenient. Also, it is better to digitise music for our grandchildren.But it is very cumbersome task and requires specialised equipments like turntable or tape deck of very high quality and of course very high quality ADC. Moreover, changing music originally recorded on analogue to digital or vice versa, at the best can be as good as original but not better. Digitising for the archival and convenience purpose is good, but IMO not for quality purpose.
 
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I have tried gaana Amazon n Jio sawan saregama almost and in terms of sound n music collection I find Jio sawan doing comparatively better . Off course no substitute to original rips n CDs lps
 
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