I first wrote about HDtracks originally in October and I thought it was a pretty cool service. At that time, I wasn’t able to test out their HD music.

Recently, Gibson partnered up with HDtracks to offer their own special album in HD and I quickly jumped on the opportunity to listen to the music in HD. Before I start talking about the quality of the music, I want to briefly go over the download and installation process. This way if you want to purchase something off HDtracks, you will know how it works ahead of time. Continued after the break.

HD music is different than normal music which you listen to daily, HD music is encoded in the highest quality and produced the way the artists wanted it to be heard. The people who founded Chesky Records recently developed an online store that sells high-resolution music, HDtracks. Every song comes with the complete album artwork and PDF liner notes.

The music they offer are available in FLAC format and 96kHz/24 bit rate, which is a lot higher than music on a CD (44kHz/16 bit rate). HDtracks’ content comes from audiophile labels such as Chesky, 2L, and Reference Recordings. HDtracks claims that they will be adding new artists and their music in the 96/24 format every day. More after the break.