Well, I can now get a confirmed 44.1 24b FLAC file that will play on Audacity and WinAMP. It won't play on SSQ. I will test SB3/Tp tomorrow.
Here is what I had to do: - WMP9 with chronoton WAV output plugin - tools / options / Devices / Properties / Use 24 bit audio - play the HDCD track, ensure HDCD icon turns green - you now have a HDCD decoded WAVEX format .wav file - import WAVEX format wav file into audacity - set sample format to 24 bits - Edit/Preferences/File Format/FLAC Export Setup - 24 bits (!!!) - Export As... FLAC This results in a confirmed 24b 44.1KHz FLAC file. Winamp & mediamonkey plays it successfully. I put it through SSQ and it was all noise. I don't understand why SSQ won't play it. I will test on the SB3/Tp tomorrow. I also ripped and compared a 16b WAV file to the 24b WAVEX file. The only difference I can see is levels. The 16b WAV was much hotter than the 24b WAVEX file, occassionally clipping. The 24b WAVEX file was much lower levels and more headroom. -- Eric Carroll Transporter-Bryston 3B SST-Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.4 SB3-Rotel RB890-B&W Matrix 805 SB3-Pioneer VSX-49TXi-Mirage OM7+C2+R2 ReadyNAS NV+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
