325xi;182339 Wrote: > Good point. That actually makes sense after reading that wiki entry - if > for some reason labels are interested in producing louder sounding > albums, HDCD does offer another opportunity for that. > > HDCD is a deviation of Red Book - are you sure normal DAE (to wav > files) using regular optical drive will pick those bits in a form that > can be decoded later on pc?
I should note that the Neil Young discs don't sound louder than the others, just less good. I went through about ten HDCD FLACs in audacity and didn't see any 0dB points. The waveform of the Neil Young disc looked about the same as others, so maybe it's mastering that's the difference. I'm pretty sure regular DAE picks it up. People report that EAC>FLAC does light the indicator in capable receivers/DACs. -- Skunk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
