Anyone come across FiDef before? http://fidef.com/
So a very obscure artist I like finally released a new album after 15 years. As that might imply, they aren't aggressive with online distribution and CD Baby was the only digital source I found. Unhappy with the high price for only MP3s I quickly discovered the artists sell CDs for almost the same amount directly over Paypal. Before pulling the trigger I saw in their description that the album was "recorded in FiDef".
Here's a TEDx presentation from Roger Dumas with a brief clip https://youtu.be/J4eOccE-rEY
It reminds me of some of the arguments I've heard in favor of vinyl recording. Old style vinyl recorded the entire room, including the ambience of the music interacting within that space. Digital recording tends to record the individual instruments via individual mic sources and process out or minimize everything else not local to each mic, losing that overall ambience. Or so the argument goes.
The demonstration sounded better, but considering it was youtube audio in a very brief clip it isn't saying much. I sent them a FLAC track to FiDef and while retroactively simulating the effect isn't the same as recording the music that way to begin with, I figured I'd see how that goes. Anyone can upload a track to try it out. On other levels it seems very snake oil ish. But was wondering if anyone already has bought music originally "recorded in FiDef" and has any opinions on it.