To further add to my previous post, IMHO effect of the "peak extend" mode of HDCD is rather subtle. I'm not sure I could reliably detect decoded vs non-decoded on most material in a level-matched blind test. OTOH, the 6 dB gain reduction is not subtle. IMHO, ReplayGain is almost mandatory for playing a mix of discs decoded by hdcd.exe and non-HDCD discs in shuffle mode. But, given the wide variance in mastering levels over the years, ReplayGain is often fairly necessary in shuffle mode, anyway.
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