markshan
1K Club - QQ Shooting Star
Lots of great info here. I really appreciate everyone's input.
From what I have read, DSD files are typically encoded such that -6 dB FS is the maximum value instead of 0 dBFS, in order to avoid instability in the process of creating them. This difference in gain is typically handled in the back end in most playback equipment.Really? That is a significant difference.
More than likely. When I initially started off with my conversion and was playing these converted flac files, I kept thinking these sound so dull.I suspect ‘Louder sounds is Better’ might explain why DSD is often preferred to PCM by some.
... I usually do 2 conversions...
Do you mean dsf files? I've not yet used dff that I know of.foobar2K DRM works with SACD iso or dff files. It is unbearably slow on iso files (probably because it is converting on the fly) but is fine with dff files. I extract the multichannel tracks to a dff with sacd-ripper first anyway; so checking the peaks on the dff with DRM saves having to convert it twice.
A dff is the Philips format DSDIFF file. dsf is the Sony format that allows more meta data to be stored with the file. DSD downloads are usually dsf because of the metadata benefit, but for converting to PCM, the simpler dff format is easier to deal with. The sacd-ripper program will output either format.Do you mean dsf files? I've not yet used dff that I know of.
Similar to Sukothai's experience with the clicks, I use the Sonare software to extract an ISO. Then I use it to extract DFF files from the ISO (not DSF), both the stereo and the MC. Then convert to FLAC. There are no clicks. There are clicks when I've tried extracting DSF files.The only reason I use SACD ISOs instead of just ripping them to flacs is that when I've tried that with Foobar, there are tiny clicks between most tracks. Is there a way to do this without clicks?
I only wish to play FLACs from the SSDs. Mainly transfers of legacy quad rips. These FLACs will also "live" on my main PC (which is where they are now). I think the real advantage to the SSD will be (like you said) no motor or fan noise. I don't plan a main/backup setup, but rather one drive containing the OS/programs, and the other dedicated to just media.
My understanding is that the clicks are due to an error in the Sonare software in that the final packet of data is not recorded properly using the DSF extraction option.
Don't underestimate the possibility od a disk or system crash. They happen more often than you might expect.
to me that seems to be better than a raid set up. You will have the files on two separate pcs, so if one crashes, you still have files on your other pc.How is having the files on two computers underestimating the possibility of a crash?
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