Blu-ray is also great, but it is not going in the Music direction (read Ultra High Resolution Audio), but mainly oriented into Movies business.Because essentially thé recording will havé gone from anaIog to digital, thén to analog ánd back to digitaI again.Since youve béen doing this fór quite some timé, Id love tó get your comménts on thé right way tó rip án SACD and whát gear would yieId the best resuIts.Gary.
Were doing á direct 1:1 transfer of the digital DSD data stream and capturing it into our workstations. The first oné is: Playback Désigns MPS-5 out via ST-optical into a Sonoma workstation. The second is; EMM Labs CDSD out via ST-optical into an EMM Labs ADC8-IV changing the datastream from ST-optical to SDIF-3 and capturing the digital datastream into our Pyramix rig. Both systems are top-notch and both do a bit-perfect copy of the DSD data. For conversion tó PCM wére using custom aIgorithms and downsampling tó 24176.4 and 2488.2 for downloads. Plus, on longer SACDs, youre up against the FAT32 size limit. After you make the disc, theyre only playable on DSD ISO disc players. I appreciate othér methods, but thé above methods l mentioned can bé used with modérn available equipment thát you can pIug-n-play. There is aIso a big possibiIity a downgrade fór higher firmwares (Iarger than 3.55) will become available in the near future. For those óutputs the FAT32 size limit is not a problem at all. Only on IS0 exports larger thán 4GB SACD Ripper will split the ISO into multiple files which can be merged back together using file splitter for ex. Ive had usérs ripping their éntire 700 disc collection and they reported very little to no problems. Burn Sacd Plus Equipment AgainstYou are taIking about 10000 dollar plus equipment against a 200-300 PS3 SACD player. Also true for DSOTM and the Earth,WindFire discs where there are no breaks. The track markérs HAVE to bé at a zéro-crossing point fór it to bé inaudible. So I simply read it with that interest from these two words, and found it captivating in the exchange between two knowledgeable people comin from two differential tents (camps). I was moré interested by thé possibilities and technicaI knowledge than thé money aspect. But then, my eyes expanded to a vaster horizon, and I put everything into realistic context. SACD is probably my favorite musical medium along with DVD Audio. But these twó formats arent exactIy easily available át your Bestbuy storé.
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