I recently used 'Audacity' to produce a 48/24 version of The Beatles Love DVD-A for my SB (rather than just using the 44.1/16 CD version that came with it. Audacity is a great tool as it also gives a visual represenation of the tracks, so you can visually compare the different qualities as well as by ear. Interestingly the 44.1/16 and 48/24 version looked very different - the 44.1/16 seemed to be a lot louder (ie with lots of peaks at -0db) whilst the 48/24 version was much more variable (ie more difference between quiet and loud sections). The compression used in mastering the 44/16 version is very obvious.
Audacity is also supports 6 channel wav files and can merge those into a stereo track. BTW, I used PPCMRipper to create the 6 channel WAV from the DVD-A/MLP disc. -- mortod ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mortod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4651 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32951 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
