It’s why consumers of new technologies, like CDs in the 1980s, are eager to hear familiar music properly recaptured for the format. Right now, sound-savvy consumers are taking the next leap forward into high-resolution audio, which can deliver streaming music of unprecedented depth and detail. But the case for masters extends beyond arguments about bit depth and frequency ranges audible only to dogs. Simply put, the master of a recording is that recording; it is the thing itself. Pepper’s” masters are kept in a secure location in London.

Source: New York Times June 11, 2019 09:00 UTC