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Digital Drive Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it. |
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Digital Drive Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it. |
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Since buying the Bryston BDP-2/BDA-2 player/DAC combo last winter, I've ripped almost my entire CD collection in uncompressed wav using DB Poweramp's latest version, using AccurateRip. Though much of my current listening is HiRez downloaded files (which the Bryston combo handles beautifully) I still love to listen to music from my old CD collection.
I've noticed that these tracks don't have the punch and involvement I recall when previously listening through my Marantz SA7S1 player (now sold)
I've tried 2 different optical drives for reading the discs - my internal Blu-Ray writer, and an external LG read/writer. Both yield "perfect" rips - and produce the same results.
Did the Marantz player spoil me by somehow enhancing Redbook playback, and I'm now hearing the real deal? Have I been spoiled by hi-rez and so all 44k/16 bit sounds lacking? Well, to test the latter, I downloaded a 44k/16 bit version of a CD rip and compared them. The download sounded better, more space, deeper low end and definitely more involving. A quick "blinded" AB (with the help of the wife) correctly identified the source each time.
So, despite an "accurate" rip, are there other factors, namely in the source/reader hardware or others, that could audibly impact the quality of a rip?
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Topic - Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - Tympani 10:49:11 07/10/14 (32)
- nature of the data, your Bryston is closer to the raw sound - bullethead 17:43:11 07/20/14 (0)
- Let me get this straight. - geoffkait 07:37:18 07/16/14 (0)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - audioengr 10:23:24 07/14/14 (0)
- You Are Not Alone........ - Todd Krieger 17:50:23 07/12/14 (11)
- RE: You Are Not Alone........ - Tympani 07:17:28 07/13/14 (10)
- RE: You Are Not Alone........ - cfraser 10:53:07 07/13/14 (3)
- RE: You Are Not Alone........ - Todd Krieger 21:17:41 07/13/14 (2)
- RE: You Are Not Alone........ - cfraser 12:09:44 07/14/14 (0)
- RE: You Are Not Alone........ - Tony Lauck 08:17:16 07/14/14 (0)
- Suggestion........ - jedrider 08:03:05 07/13/14 (5)
- RE: Suggestion........ - Tony Lauck 09:28:17 07/13/14 (4)
- RE: Suggestion........ - cfraser 10:24:29 07/13/14 (3)
- RE: Suggestion........ - Tony Lauck 10:50:32 07/13/14 (2)
- RE: Suggestion........ - cfraser 11:24:23 07/13/14 (1)
- RE: Suggestion........ - jedrider 07:29:25 07/14/14 (0)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - jamestavegia@gmail.com 06:23:54 07/12/14 (0)
- I will add my guess...... - Mike B. 11:03:52 07/11/14 (0)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - Tom Schuman 01:11:05 07/11/14 (0)
- I Do Not Use ReplayGain As Suggested By DBpoweramp - RadioWonder 14:37:35 07/10/14 (1)
- He ripped to WAV - which, thankfully, makes using ReplayGain impossible. N/T - carcass93 14:57:43 07/10/14 (0)
- You prefer the sound of (pretty good) Marantz player to Bryston - and who could blame you? - carcass93 14:04:46 07/10/14 (2)
- RE: You prefer the sound of (pretty good) Marantz player to Bryston - and who could blame you? - Tympani 14:32:18 07/10/14 (1)
- RE: You prefer the sound of (pretty good) Marantz player to Bryston - and who could blame you? - Old SteveA 17:07:56 07/10/14 (0)
- Unintended filtering? - Daverz 13:43:18 07/10/14 (0)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - AbeCollins 12:50:35 07/10/14 (1)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - Tympani 13:19:55 07/10/14 (0)
- "Accurate" or not, you. . . - Larry I 11:29:47 07/10/14 (4)
- RE: "Accurate" or not, you. . . - Tympani 12:44:52 07/10/14 (3)
- RE: "Accurate" or not, you. . . - Larry I 13:33:02 07/10/14 (2)
- Did you rip the files on nServe? - kuma 22:52:07 07/11/14 (1)
- RE: Did you rip the files on nServe? - Larry I 05:19:21 07/14/14 (0)
- RE: Why do my CD rips sound uh, dull? - Roseval 11:05:40 07/10/14 (0)
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