In the rather forlone hope I might influence someone to avoid spending
tons of cash...
Here is a company that makes totally reasonable cables, doesn't charge
alot, and is really nice to deal with. They make balanced, unbalanced
and video cables amongst many others.
Definately NOT audiophile
Now...
Looking at the innards of my DAC-60 while upgrading the tubes, I really
don't know why people are modding the heck out of them. It comes with
top quality parts already!
All the stock electrolytics are audio/audiophile quality. There are
tons of Elna Silmic's (considered by many to be
Eric Carroll;182701 Wrote:
Bottom line is that the only way to rip HDCD right now seems to be to
use WMP 9 or 10 (9 worked for me, 11 definately did not work), use a
plugin to capture the 24 bit WAV file, play the songs in real time
(ick) and use the built in HDCD compander function of
Sorry to be dense, but could someone provide a step by step guide to
capturing an HDCD as an expanded 24 bit WAV please?
Can I start from a normal 16-bit HDCD WAV rip?
Thanks
Phil
PS If I need MP 10 for this, is it possible to go back from MP11 which
I see is installed (I never use MP...)
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... buying a CD just to rip it and archive it sort of rubs me the wrong
way.
Agreed. And for the tree-huggers among us, it can be pointed out that
the production distribution of CDs is a shocking waste of natural
resources.
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cliveb;182714 Wrote:
Agreed. And for the tree-huggers among us, it can be pointed out that
the production distribution of CDs is a shocking waste of natural
resources.
I hear you but I have to admit knowing they're there to be re-ripped if
the need should ever arise is somewhat comforting.
Phil Leigh;182713 Wrote:
Sorry to be dense, but could someone provide a step by step guide to
capturing an HDCD as an expanded 24 bit WAV please?
Can I start from a normal 16-bit HDCD WAV rip?
AFAIK, WMP only recognizes HDCD data from an actual CD, not from WAV
files. However if the HDCD
Pat Farrell;182640 Wrote:
Muggy wrote:
I think that both those method would change the frequency content of
the signal.
Not nearly as much as your example.
By adding zeros between samples, the frequency content is
mirrored/repeated at higher frequencies and this can then be
Nikhil;182717 Wrote:
AFAIK, WMP only recognizes HDCD data from an actual CD, not from WAV
files. However if the HDCD information has been retained in your files,
you can burn the WAVs or FLACs to a CD-R/RW, and then re-rip with WMP
with the Chronotron WAV plugin enabled, and speaker output
ezkcdude;182646 Wrote:
Why don't you guys just look at how upsampling is *actually*
implemented? It's not done by zero-stuffing, but by using FIR filters.
Just look up the data sheet for any ASRC, for example, AD1896. Please.
Applying an FIR filter to a signal on it's own does not do any
I installed the chronotron waveout plugin...but playing starts and then
stops almost straight away and no file is created?
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Eric Carroll;182529 Wrote:
Has anyone actually got the Linn 88.2 files to work in ANY manner? How
did you do it?
Do you mean played in SB/TP or in general?
Here is what works for me.
Linn 88.2kHz/24bit WMA
Native in Windows Mediaplayer, Creative MediaSource, feeding an
external DAC confirms
Simply dropping samples doesn't work properly. Take a 96kHz signal with
a loud sinewave at 46kHz. If you go to 48kHz sampling rate by throwing
away every other sample, you should ideally end up with silence (the
46kHz signal can't be represented at that sampling rate) but instead
you'll get a
I'm afraid so (nobody's perfect)
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inguz;182737 Wrote:
Simply dropping samples doesn't work properly. Take a 96kHz signal with
a loud sinewave at 46kHz. If you go to 48kHz sampling rate by throwing
away every other sample, you should ideally end up with silence (the
46kHz signal can't be represented at that sampling rate)
egd;182716 Wrote:
I hear you but I have to admit knowing they're there to be re-ripped if
the need should ever arise is somewhat comforting.
Yeah, but why archive it on plastic should the need ever arise? Just
go back to the online source and get it again. For example, emusic.com
allows you
Phil Leigh;182724 Wrote:
I installed the chronotron waveout plugin...but playing starts and then
stops almost straight away and no file is created?
Media Player 10 or 11 - I am unable to install MP9...
Have you gone to
- tools
- plugins
- options
- background
- chronotron wav out
-
Nikhil;182760 Wrote:
Have you gone to
- tools
- plugins
- options
- background
- chronotron wav out
- properties
and set a correct path for the output files?
I would try my hand at WMP11 first (check if the HDCD logo lights up),
and only if it doesn't work try going down to
It won't work unless you provide perfect coupling to the floor, and
arrange anti-vibration platform on top of it. Add a baking stone on top
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Eric Carroll;182707 Wrote:
In the rather forlone hope I might influence someone to avoid spending
tons of cash...
Here is a company that makes totally reasonable cables, doesn't charge
alot, and is really nice to deal with. They make balanced, unbalanced
and video cables amongst many
inguz;182737 Wrote:
Simply dropping samples doesn't work properly. Take a 96kHz signal with
a loud sinewave at 46kHz. If you go to 48kHz sampling rate by throwing
away every other sample, you should ideally end up with silence (the
46kHz signal can't be represented at that sampling rate)
Eric Carroll;182701 Wrote:
On top of it all, M$ bought the company with the patents for HDCD...
Nothing at all the matter with this. Had sony bought it do you think it
would still exist? They didn't change the spec, and allow it in non drm
devices. Seems like win/win to me.
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Thanks for being so patient with this ... I am a bit confused myself,
because when I first did this, I was on WMP10, and now on WMP11 thinsgs
are a bit different. But if you bear with me, we can try to work through
this logically.
Simple answer first: the HDCD logo appears on the bottom left of
Nikhil;182788 Wrote:
Thanks for being so patient with this ... I am a bit confused myself,
because when I first did this, I was on WMP10, and now on WMP11 thinsgs
are a bit different. But if you bear with me, we can try to work through
this logically.
Simple answer first: the HDCD logo
I am an objectivist. There, I admit it. But I am still open minded. Just
ask my Physicist brother-in-law who I drive nuts with my alternative
explanations of things. The Stereophile article is very convincing.
Something seems to happen with CDs that classic digital theory doesn't
seem to explain.
Phil Leigh;182792 Wrote:
and now I have some WAV files!...
So are these 24 bit or 16 bit wav files? perhaps u do need a 24 bit
sound card for this to work ... i'm on a different computer now than
what I was when I tried this originally - I can't recall the hardware
on that computer.
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Nikhil;182798 Wrote:
So are these 24 bit or 16 bit wav files? perhaps u do need a 24 bit
sound card for this to work ... i'm on a different computer now than
what I was when I tried this originally - I can't recall the hardware
on that computer.
From what I have just learnt, if you turn OFF
Phil Leigh;182804 Wrote:
From what I have just learnt, if you turn OFF the 24-bit speaker setting
you get the HDCD logo but 16 bit wavs...
IF you turn ON the 24-bit setting you get no logo but 24 bit wavs!
Any idea how to convert these wavs to 24-bit flacs? - I just tried my
normal method
Nikhil;182807 Wrote:
Phil,
I'm seeing the same thing. So what needs to be determined now is
whether the actual additional HDCD data is being recovered in this
'Logo:OFF' but 24 bit wav output state. I guess we need to take a non
HDCD track and output it under the same conditions. Then
Ripping SACD's can be done but has a couple of major drawbacks:
1) It takes expensive equipment (see below)
2) It takes a lot-of-hard-disk-space!!!
3) It is difficult to play the high resolution music.
Slimserver/Squeezebox/Transporter etc can't do it, you need other
players. Even so, you may
I got hold of a second hand upsampler about a year ago, a dCS Purcell. I
was using that between my SB3 and my DAC (another dCS thing).
Initially, I had only the SB3 + the DAC and I did notice a large
improvement when adding the upsampler in between. Things I noticed in
particular was:
Well
Wonderfull Stuff :)
SOLD - I'll remain in FLAC :)
I often have drop outs around 1300hrs and 1500hrs when working from
home, and guess streaming WAV's would not help :)
The odd time I do use something that does not understand FLAC files,
the odd FLAC is just decoded back to WAV and into what is
jt25741;182783 Wrote:
I make no claims to being a digital engineer - or understanding
everything transpired in this thread. What I do trust is that I hear
real differences in sample rate converter algorithms.What has been
perplexing me most about this thread is the comments made that
CarlOtto -- Thanks for that great information! Yes, I've just about come
to the conclusion that SACD and DVD-A is not reasonably doable.
I did find that Linn Records has a number of Studio Quality
downloadable music. I think I'm going to give that a try, as well as
see how the CD layer of SACDs
I have been using a player modified by these folks:
http://dvdupgrades.ch/digital_audio.html
for a couple of years now to convert SACD to 24bit 88.2 Khz PCM for
input into my Meridian system (which doesn't have DSD digital input).
It outputs 24/96 from DVD-Audio, too.
I haven't tried to use
Well I'm really confused now!
I can get 24-bit wavs from the plugin. They will play fine in MP but
NOT on the SB?
Switch won't touch them - says it needs a codec but MP disagrees.
I converted to flac and they play on the SB OK
I've just compared a track ripped with EAC and with MP 24 bit (and
Ben,
I've thought of repacing the existing receptacles with Cu/Au Furutech
outlets, but wonder if I'll notice any difference in my system. I'd
like to ask how old your house is just to get an idea if I should
consider replacing my wires as well.
TIA,
Z
Ben Diss;181175 Wrote:
The single
Skunk;182630 Wrote:
I'd vote for it, well windows licensed HDCD support anyway :-)
Hear Hear!
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325xi;182780 Wrote:
I'm wondering how do you know they're of high quality? They don't offer
much details, not even LRC parameters. How can I find they are
different from Radioshack stuff?
I'm still not convinced cable geometry doesn't matter at all, and the
plainest one will do - it just
Phil Leigh;182804 Wrote:
From what I have just learnt, if you turn OFF the 24-bit speaker setting
you get the HDCD logo but 16 bit wavs...
IF you turn ON the 24-bit setting you get no logo but 24 bit wavs!
Any idea how to convert these wavs to 24-bit flacs? - I just tried my
normal method
Eric - I'd be very interested in what you find. I've managed to open the
24-bit wav in an editor and now I can see why it is so quiet...the peak
level is 49%
Clearly the 24-bit output from MP to the wavout is not being scaled,
it's merely merely having 8 bits added to it...in the wrong way!
Hmm. MS wouldn't let me go to WMP 10...
Did you deinstall WMP and try reinstalling it clean?
What application did you use to look at your HDCD waveforms? I will
take a look at mine and see if I can confirm the extra range.
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I reckon you may be lucky if you can't go to 10 - it looks like it has
some issues compared to 9...
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Lovely movie, thanks.
Funny, sweet and sad.
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I have read about problems from other users trying to use WMP 10, so
this might be the issue.
I know for sure WMP 11 does not work at all with HDCD. I never get a
HDCD icon, no matter what I did. When I deinstalled WMP 11, I was left
with WMP 9 already there.
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I have always listened to my TP with XLR. I could never understand those
that said the TP was a bit hard and or bright on the top end.
I especially couldn't understand why anyone would prefer the Bolder mod
.The Bolder was no smoother in the top but it was less resolving and it
was veiled
I happened to bump into a forthcoming review from what looks like a
fairly obscure Canadian hi-fi publication (apologies if any of the
principals hang out here!) - see www.uhfmag.com - issue no. 79. There
is a free preview that mentions a security problem, but doesn't provide
the specifics
Eric Carroll;182698 Wrote:
Linn suggests downsampling to 44.1 then converting to FLAC, not
upsampling to 96... I am working my way to trying that
Well, it comes down to what will give the least degradation of the
hi-rez format, and if you are actually able to hear the difference.
Downsampling
It had to do with keying in the WPA pass phrase BEFORE any security was
in place. If anyone happened to be sniffing AT THAT EXACT TIME, then
fer sure -- compromised.
The next issue of UHFMag - out in a few weeks - will be testing their
squeezebox with a presumeably linear PSU. What will (did)
Ripping with iTunes to lossless files also preserves the HDCD info. When
I bought my CDP (ADCOM GCD-750) it was at the tail end of HDCD decoders
being readily available, and since it had an external digital input - I
thought, hey neat. Even tho, at that time I had nothing to plug into it,
and no
GaryB;182654 Wrote:
Humor me and do the test.
I'd be especially interested to have the test done with the following
device:
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/nanotech2/pro.html
I can hook you up with someone in NYC who owns one.
---Gary
I'm not in NYC, but I agree with the 6moons
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/nanotech2/pro.html
This is a one hilarious article! You've made my day!
Interesting if the guys who wrote it were just pretending, or they are
indeed... such... ... ...
I especially liked the idea of how CD sounded before and after the
treatment. I was
Tell your brother he has a sympatising physicist here that is also
driven nuts by your lack of understanding of digital technology.
Brother-in-law, but really what is wrong with my understanding of
digital technology? I am no expert, but I have been working with it
since before the CD was
Phil,
I am getting some strange results on this.
I can get to a 24 bit WAV file using WMP 9 and the plugin.
Softsqueeze is not playing either WAV or FLAC file properly. And the
FLAC version looks weird in Audacity.
I upgraded to FLAC 1.1.4 so that may be confusing things, so let me
re-rip
Eric - I finally managed to get MP 9 installed!
And have recreated a 24-bit wav using Wavout and the HDCD logo was
on!
However, the bad news is that the file still looks like the bottom 16
bits out of 24 - ie very quiet...
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I do have a SB3 running with an old (but excellent) electrocompaniet
amplifier and Quad ELS57 loudpseakers.
I've done FLAC of all my CD's and are about to start the same on my
LP's. Sound is great, but are there improvements?
I am using analogue out, since that is the only input on my amplifier.
Phil Leigh;182931 Wrote:
Eric - I finally managed to get MP 9 installed!
And have recreated a 24-bit wav using Wavout and the HDCD logo was
on!
However, the bad news is that the file still looks like the bottom 16
bits out of 24 - ie very quiet...
If you do get 4 extra bits of
alZmtbr;182900 Wrote:
It had to do with keying in the WPA pass phrase BEFORE any security was
in place. If anyone happened to be sniffing AT THAT EXACT TIME, then
fer sure -- compromised.
Actually, it was that the passphrase displayed on the screen if you
went back to review settings.
I have HDCD decoded into 24 bit WAV format now.
I can play it with Audacity, WINAMP and WMP 9.
I cannot play it with Media Monkey.
So problem one down - I use mediamonkey by default and it doesn't like
the 24 bit file in WAV format.
Ok, next, what about before and after... So comparing 24b
Phil Leigh;182931 Wrote:
Eric - I finally managed to get MP 9 installed!
And have recreated a 24-bit wav using Wavout and the HDCD logo was
on!
However, the bad news is that the file still looks like the bottom 16
bits out of 24 - ie very quiet...
I've tried this to. The WAV out
Super-Gonzo;182945 Wrote:
I've tried this to. The WAV out plugin may be writing a 24 bit file, but
there is no data over the base 16 bits. Easy to tell once you compress
to flac... as the flac files end up being very nearly the exact size of
the original 16 bit rips.
BTW, I have gotten
Super-Gonzo;182945 Wrote:
I've tried this to. The WAV out plugin may be writing a 24 bit file, but
there is no data over the base 16 bits. Easy to tell once you compress
to flac... as the flac files end up being very nearly the exact size of
the original 16 bit rips.
BTW, I have gotten
P Floding;182941 Wrote:
Have you been able to locate any peeks to see if they go above the 16
bits?
I believe the answer is yes. I wish I could figure out the attachment
upload here. But it really looks like I have lower average levels and
higher peaks on the 24b WAV.
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P Floding;182947 Wrote:
I suspect that that is not a good way to tell at all. The peaks going
above 16 bits will be very short in time. It's not as if a HDCD is
mastered hot with lots of peek level.
How many bytes difference did you get?
Can you load the file into a sound editor and
Eric - the 24-bit editor reports peak values of 49% on the 24 bit
version (compared to 98% on the 16 bit version)
Would that imply higher peaks?
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Eric Carroll;182948 Wrote:
I believe the answer is yes. I wish I could figure out the attachment
upload here. But it really looks like I have lower average levels and
higher peaks on the 24b WAV.
Well, it's working then!
Looking back on your earlier post I see that you say you have LESS
Super-Gonzo;182951 Wrote:
I don't remember off the top of my head, this was a while ago. But the
files were within 1kb of each other.
Surely 20 bit data, even after compression, should have resulted in
file sizes bigger than that?
Hard to say. It's a compression algorithm after all. I
Eric Carroll;182950 Wrote:
You selected 24 bits on your soundcard?
WMP11 never, not once, worked for me, no matter how long I waited.
Yup. It was very strange. The logo would more or less decide to show up
at random intervals into the first track.
I wish Microsoft would just open this
Ok.
FLAC encoding using 1.1.3 of 24b WAV will not play on Softsqueeze.
When I look at it in Audacity its a mess of clipping. It audibly clipps
on peaks. Its terrible.
Winamp and MediaMoney both refuse to play the FLAC file. Error message
is This plugin can only handle 8/16/24 bit samples.
Eric Carroll;182958 Wrote:
Ok.
FLAC encoding using 1.1.3 of 24b WAV will not play on Softsqueeze.
When I look at it in Audacity its a mess of clipping. It audibly clipps
on peaks. Its terrible.
Winamp and MediaMoney both refuse to play the FLAC file. Error message
is This plugin can
Eric Carroll;182950 Wrote:
You selected 24 bits on your soundcard?
WMP11 never, not once, worked for me, no matter how long I waited.
Well I'm using win2k, and think only 9 is possible with that, but
stumbled across instructions for rolling 11 back to 10, for drm
reasons. There are details
Phil Leigh;182961 Wrote:
Eric - Flac 1.1.3 works fine for me on an SB3 - but Audacity can't
handle the 24-bit FLAC
Whoops. I have both versions of audacity loaded here. Let's make sure I
am using the right one.
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Eric Carroll;182963 Wrote:
Whoops. I have both versions of audacity loaded here. Let's make sure I
am using the right one.
I'm using 1.2.6
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The 24b WAV gets the same result on the SB3 and SSQ.
The FLAC from the 24b WAV does not play at all on the SB3 or SSQ or
Transporter.
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Skunk;182962 Wrote:
Well I'm using win2k, and think only 9 is possible with that, but
stumbled across instructions for rolling 11 back to 10, for drm
reasons. There are details at the mS DL site.
Sorry if already covered, but may be worth a try to those on xp.
edit: There is also an
Eric Carroll;182970 Wrote:
Audacity 1.3 supports FLAC, 1.2 does not.
I confirmed I had it loaded in 1.3 beta. As I said, its a mess. Its
audibly clipping all over the place, and will not play on SSQ, SB3 or
Tp.
This is really weird.
You're telling me!
What I can't quite my head around
GaryB;182654 Wrote:
Humor me and do the test.
I'd be especially interested to have the test done with the following
device:
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/nanotech2/pro.html
I can hook you up with someone in NYC who owns one.
---Gary
But what would you like me to test, exactly?
Super-Gonzo;182949 Wrote:
Be wary, there is apparently more than one way to store 24 bits in a wav
file.
I am starting to wonder if this has something to do with it... if the
WMP plugin is not correctly tagging the output WAV, then both SB3 and
FLAC might mess it up.
Audacity reports the
Phil Leigh;182972 Wrote:
You're telling me!
What I can't quite my head around is that the 16-bit is peaking at 98%
but the 24bit is at 49% - now if it was 49% at 32-bit...
I am probably at my limit of understanding now...
8 more bits gives the ability to have a 256 _times_ higher signal!
P Floding;182974 Wrote:
8 more bits gives the ability to have a 256 _times_ higher signal!
Well no not really...the max level is fixed at 0dB.
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Ok I downloaded dbPowerAmp music converter. I converted the 24b WAVEX
file and I got a DIFFERENT result... much worse too. It sounds very
similar to playing it on the SB3 sounds.
Something is fishy here with the format on the WAVEX file. I need a hex
editor or something that can read the struct
opaqueice;182976 Wrote:
But what would you like me to test, exactly? Whether I still get a
perfect rip? Or whether the two perfect rips sound different?
Oh for goodness sake - bits are bits - somebody do the test please!
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325xi;182339 Wrote:
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?
Haven't had time to go through the entire thread, but it looks like
this wasn't covered.
EAC-to-FLAC
Rip it to a USB flash drive in WAV or lossless compresion (no mechanical
parts to complicate things). Then treat the disk and rip again, in the
exact same way to the same drive. If you rip 20 minutes each time and
you leave it in .WAV you'll need at least a 1GB drive. A 2GB if you do
the whole
One word: 'md5sum' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum) (or sha1sum).
You don't even need to listen to the file. Case closed. :)
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I used coax RG-59 terminated with good gold plated soldered RCA plugs,
make them as short as possible and save your money for more music
purchases!
SB3-MF A3.24-50Kohm Alps pot-2 Nak PA7s-BW N802-Nice!
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wow .. this thread has certainly been busy 37 new posts overnight
!!!
Reading through all the posts, I still haven't been able to decipher
whether the additional HDCD data is being recovered during this
conversion to a 24 bit wav. Has anyone tried to convert a non-HDCD
track, and compared
I am pretty close to stumped on this one.
I have a 24b WAV file output from the WAV plugin in WMP9. I do have the
HDCD icon on. The 24b WAV is playable on some but not all players. It is
mostly noise when played on SSQ/SB3/Tp. FLAC encoding fails, resulting
in either a badly clipped FLAC file,
Anything is fine, the shorter the better.
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Your laptop PS is a switching supply just like the one that comes with
the SB. Hanging a zener diode on it won't change the fact that it's a
switcher.
It will take a big zener diode, and it will give very poor regulation.
You can buy a 5V linear regulated power supply for about $10 -that is
andyg;183001 Wrote:
One word: 'md5sum' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum) (or sha1sum).
You don't even need to listen to the file. Case closed. :)
Oh, no. The goal of this test is to prove that two totally identical
rips can sound different. I think in this case MD5 can't prove
anything.
325xi wrote:
andyg;183001 Wrote:
One word: 'md5sum' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum) (or sha1sum).
You don't even need to listen to the file. Case closed. :)
Oh, no. The goal of this test is to prove that two totally identical
rips can sound different. I think in this case MD5 can't
I reripped my HDCD again, and I have now both 16b and 24b WAV file
formats.
The 16b WAV came from EAC. It is a pure WAV file. Audacity claims it is
WAV (Microsoft) on import.
The 24 bit file came from the chronoton plugin on WMP9. Audacity claims
it is WAVEX (Microsoft) on import.
Looking at
Buy your cables where the pros do. Real engineering, great quality and
selection, very sensible pricing. Canare and Belden cabling, Neutrik
connectors. RCAs, XLRs, phone plugs, toslink, etc, etc. I use these
cables in my own system, and are very happy with them.
Well, finally. Holy cow.
I can now get the 24b WAVEX file into FLAC and have it play on SSQ.
So here is the trick: you have to force FLAC into 24 bit mode.
What I did was the following:
- WMP9 with chronoton WAV output plugin
- tools / options / Devices / Properties / Use 24 bit audio
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Question:
A month or so ago I did a test on this, I took some tracks ripped to wav
and converted to FLAC. I tried all the combinations, wav file wave
stream, wave file, FLAC stream etc.
The results were that I could definately hear a degradation in sound
when streaming FLAC, whether it was a FLAC file or
While beating my head against the 'HDCD ripping problem'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967) I got all the
tools needed to test the Linn test file.
dbpoweramp shows that the test file is in fact a 88.2/24b file.
I did the following:
- Importing WAVEX format to audacity
- set
Eric Carroll;183023 Wrote:
Well, I can now get a confirmed 44.1 24b FLAC file that will play on
Audacity and WinAMP.
This results in a confirmed 24b 44.1KHz FLAC file using the dbpoweramp
Windows Explorer plugin that tells you the file structure when you
mouse over the file (very
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