REW doesn't seem to allow steps of under 1mS. It also won't take a samplerate above 48KHz. I'm not sure it's actually capable of producing graphs like that.
I have done a lot of that. I had a SqueezeBox (modified) back in the day. Personally I think it was problematic that I would commit to albums as much as I like.
I really enjoy having a CD player around, however. The record player is really where the love is that though. At times the CD player is great thou because I know I want to zone out and sorta half fall asleep - which music can lead me to and it feels good. With vinyl I have to be much more careful. Someday I'll grab one of these so I can relax and not worry. The real trick though is if I could have 2 copies of everything and maybe like 4 turntables in a row with some kind of domino affect, as one arm lifts another lowers....
I guess - if the Tascam Pro lasted about a year of being played.... it will last the rest of what might be left of my life. I'll look for one for my legacy CD's. Ever since getting an Auraliti by Demian Martin and heard the HD downloads.... I hardly ever listen to CD on a CD player.
I seem to have good luck with the OWC Mercury Pro … any info about its drive? I use it exclusively to copy CD to Sony HAP-Z1 music server. Only has USB 3.1 out put.
I was afraid they would stop making it and I might have trouble with it before I got my entire CD collection copied.... so I bought a back up unit.
THx-RNMarsh
I'll try the HDMI audio extractor. THx- Mark.
I seem to have good luck with the OWC Mercury Pro … any info about its drive? I use it exclusively to copy CD to Sony HAP-Z1 music server. Only has USB 3.1 out put.
I was afraid they would stop making it and I might have trouble with it before I got my entire CD collection copied.... so I bought a back up unit.
THx-RNMarsh
I'll try the HDMI audio extractor. THx- Mark.
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OPPO did not fold. They just decided a play company selling hardware for a rapidly declining medium, disks, was not a good use of resources for a number 4 or 5 phone manufacturer.
That is supposed to be the reference ESS implementation. ESS was very involved in its design.
I have never been a fan of ESS dacs even though they measure well. I thought it was me.
That is supposed to be the reference ESS implementation. ESS was very involved in its design.
I have never been a fan of ESS dacs even though they measure well. I thought it was me.
Technically the hires digital stream is supposed to be protected and not available. What hi res disk content are you trying for? DSD is converted to PCM internally in it.
Yeah, I think there is a database of disc hashes as well, forget the name, it's been a while since I ripped a CD. Typically if they are different, it's because of lead-in and/or sample offset correction to get the exact start of the track. As long as the CD isn't damaged I would get the same result every time and there would be a large number of matches in the database.
I use EAC mainly because I got it working first. I did have to Pony up £10 for a lifetime subscription to FreedB which works fairly well although often gets the genre wrong. The ability to rip and then compress to multiple formats as it goes can be useful when I want FLAC for the server and mp3 for the car.
It's also handy for damaged disks as it will doggedly keep trying to read until it gets there. But for those which the children haven't used as frisbees any ripper seems to work.
It's also handy for damaged disks as it will doggedly keep trying to read until it gets there. But for those which the children haven't used as frisbees any ripper seems to work.
I think there is technically a way to stream DSD out of some players over HDMI but I would not be surprised if there are few sinks that will report that capability.
Some of those Chinese boxes may have HDCP capability. I know there were HDMI switches that stripped HDCP floating around on eBay a few years ago. They probably get sued and have their keys revoked only to pop up elsewhere.
The whole HDMI / HDCP racket is a cruel joke. Pirated episodes of every single TV show and almost every Blu-Ray movie are available right after release. All the content protection does is cause headaches for legitimate customers 🙁.
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The Oppo Richard has can be used to rip SACDs.
(If the firmware is original.)
Apparently there is something in the chipset that enables that...
(If the firmware is original.)
Apparently there is something in the chipset that enables that...
Would you say that Benchmark DAC-3 has the same characteristics that you dislike about ESS DACs? Just curious because they do some things differently than most ESS implementations.
Also, if you are a fan of low jitter and AK DACs, have you had a chance to listen to Crane Song Solaris?
Which may mean that your player or CD drive does not produce a lot of errors, otherwise if using EAC you should get notified.
Despite all the concerns about CD drives in commercial use and also about eye-patterns, I have have basically the same experience as you, I rarely see any errors reported by EAC when I use it. Maybe it just means I replace my drives faster than they wear out?
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EAC on first install, analyses your disc player and notes the error corrections supported by your player and incorporates them.
The included free db fills in all the cd info, you can set the read vs error to super-multi-read your scratched discs.
It compares your read data to the ones others have done and gives you a perfection score, usually 100%. It uploads your read data to create the read db it draws from.
Can natively convert to flac or mp3 or others ...
It's still great!
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I never used one.... where do you find the signal to use it with?
What connects to what to use it?
-RM
I guess that means I can install software without being f'ed? Will you folks get over it, you read an audio CD as data there are no errors except in extreme cases period.
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