HDCD Rip

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Guys,

I’m sure that this has been asked before but can’t find on search but if you rip a HDCD to WAV or FLAC how does ripper manage it?

Thanks.

Lindsay

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HDCD is still a 16-44 cd. Should not make any difference.

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I seem to remember using dbpoweamp I ended up with a 20bit file…but I could be wrong?

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If you are ripping with dbpoweramp there is a DSP option to rip HDCDs.

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Yes that was it, thanks for reminding me!

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So it would upsample the 16bits data?

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No, it decodes it to 20 bit, which is what HDCD encodes on a CD. It is saved as a 24 but file, by the software, however. It works well in my experience.

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Maaannnn….just saw that my Telarc jazz and classical are 20bits cds…

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I dont know if , from the cd rip, it will make an audible difference? 16 to 20 bits? I will test it.

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Did a little research on this. All cd’s are 16bits…there are no 20 or 24 bits cds, even those telarc with 20 bits mention. The master are maybe 20 or 24 bits but not the actual cd. I have tested it with Audirvana and the 20 bits cd are in fact 16bits….so dont bother.

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If you choose 24-192 the encoder will write 24-192 on the flac rip. Bit the cd itself still is 16-44. I will do the test to hear if their is any difference in the sound. I will compare 16-44 and 24-192 flac files from the same 16-44 cd rip.

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As mentioned above HDCD encoded CD’s are 20 Bit and Db Poweramp saves them as 24Bit. Only you can decide if there is an appreciable sound improvement/difference to the 16Bit CD. In my experience it was worth the effort to preserve the HDCD 20Bit file, as was playing an HDCD CD on a Naim HDCD capable player.

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Thank you guys.

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HDCD encodes the equivalent of 20 bits worth of data in a 16-bit digital audio signal by using custom dithering, audio filters, and some reversible amplitude and gain encoding

:nerd_face::wink:

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I find HDCD rips to be better than the standard rip even if all of the HDCD ‘features’ are not used.
They play more quietly but don’t be tempted to use the +6dB option at rip time. Just turn the volume up a touch.

This was just meant to be a general reply and not aimed at anybody in particular.

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Interested to hear your findings but I recall the High Definition CDs to sound better on a normal cd player.

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Oops, I see you have already answered this.

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Yes they do!

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They certainly do provided your CDP decodes.

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