The whole point of HDCD is to improve the sound so why would the engineers use compression?
The only reason engineers use compression is to reduce the dynamic range of a track so that loud sounds are quieter and quiet sounds are louder. I have it on faultless authority that it is possible to rip HDCD discs, but all you would gain is, hopefully, a good engineer who didn't use compression or set levels too high. The extra info is only available in the hardware and doesn't as far as i know exit via the digital connections. This is similar to dvd-A and SACD. -- mudlark SB3>CyrusDACX>PreXvs>260A>KEFiQ7 cable Avondale server Kubuntu Edgy, ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mudlark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7151 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
