Thanks for the link to the discussion between Christine Tham and Charles Hansen. Christine Tham posted graphs that show the same as I found when I tested.
Skunk wrote: > Eric Carroll;185451 Wrote: >> To your point, the "control" is yet to arrive - I have on order the V2 >> of the sampler disk. This disk has the same track done twice, once with >> and once without the HDCD encoding. I will run them through the 24b >> capture process and examine the waveforms. The expected results will be >> to see the waveform difference. That will be 100% conclusive. >> > > It may be worth inquiring how the non-HDCD was recorded, though I don't > know if it would matter re. the tests you're planning. [as a side note, > i believe what I signed up for at reference recordings is a list for > new releases, as there are no instructions for posting to the list.] > > In this* thread, charles hanson (ayre research dir) takes issue with > the use of a separate A/D converter in the original sampler: > > " The most egregious example of this was when they released their > sampler that allegedly compared non-HDCD against HDCD. What they > negelected to tell you was that the non-HDCD track was made using the > (atrocious sounding) Sony 1630 A/D converter and the HDCD track was > made with the (excellent sounding) Keith Johnson A/D converter. This > was an unfair, depceptive "comparison". " > > There's a lot of other info in there, but the thread is hard to read. > > * http://www.audioasylum.com/scripts/t.pl?f=dvda&m=24645 > > _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
