Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-04-24 Thread bzlrbi
RonM wrote: > I was Netflixing the recent Bob Weir documentary, and got to thinking > that I had a fancy Grateful Dead product somewhere, purchased while in > an "I should really try to understand the Dead thing" enthusiasm. I > found it, and it is indeed a beautifully packaged 3-CD/1-Blu-Ray

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-26 Thread Wombat
A while back when trying HDCD decoding we found good reasons to decode HDCDs using Peak Extension. https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,61733.0.html The free CUEtools/CUEripper software can decode HDCD also if i remember right. I decoded the few HDCDs using the Peak Extension and dithered them

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-26 Thread RonM
Thanks all. Just regular rip is what I'll do. R. LMS on a dedicated server (FitPC3) Transporter (Ethernet) - main listening, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-26 Thread garym
slartibartfast wrote: > Only yesterday I discovered that 4 of my albums were HDCD encoded. One > of them "Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin" didn't contain any HFCD > features but the other 3 did so I converted them. To be honest any > difference is probably too subtle for me to detect but the

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-26 Thread slartibartfast
garym wrote: > > My approach is rip to regular 16/44.1 FLAC and play with LMS. Sounds > great. Early on, I created some 24 bit versions with dbpa HDCD DSP, but > after realizing that they sound the same (to me) except take up a lot > more space, I decided it was a waste of time. YMMV. Only

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-26 Thread garym
RonM wrote: > I did see '(here) ' > (http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=List_of_HDCD-encoded_Compact_Discs)that > some other Dead releases with HDCD don't actually implement the features > of the format and don't offer any benefit. But this one is fairly > recent, and maybe it does.

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Handling HDCD

2019-03-25 Thread RonM
I was Netflixing the recent Bob Weir documentary, and got to thinking that I had a fancy Grateful Dead product somewhere, purchased while in an "I should really try to understand the Dead thing" enthusiasm. I found it, and it is indeed a beautifully packaged 3-CD/1-Blu-Ray of Sunshine Daydream,