Dream Theater - Distance Over Time -2019- -flac...

To appreciate the FLAC version of Distance Over Time , one must understand the recording philosophy behind it. Frustrated with the sterile environment of high-budget studios, Dream Theater retreated to a shared studio space in upstate New York—a "Yogi Berra" retreat. For the first time since Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From a Memory , the band wrote and recorded together in the same room, live.

If you listen on Apple AirPods on a subway, no. Stick to Apple Music.

Play “At Wit’s End” or “Pale Blue Dot” in FLAC on a good DAC or hi-res player to appreciate the stereo imaging and low-level detail often lost in compressed formats.

This is a reference test for "Modern Prog Metal." Skip the compressed YouTube streams. Find the 16/44.1 FLAC (or the 24-bit HDTracks master). Turn it up until Petrucci’s riff in "At Wit’s End" makes your woofers sweat.