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RE: just so!

Posted by Dave_K on December 30, 2018 at 06:23:26:

Incidentally there's no point IMO in ripping an SACD and converting it to PCM as most are made from PCM files converted to DSD! It's a major scam. Just rip the redbook layer ( which is usually native PCM) if you want PCM replay. It avoids all of the conversion and will sound better even given the resolution.

That hasn't been my experience. I've ripped lots of SACDs over the last couple years. I keep the .dsf files and also convert them to 24/88.2k FLAC for playback on devices that can't handle DSD. My main system supports native DSD playback, and on that system I don't hear a big difference between playing DSD and playing the converted hi-res FLAC. I long ago ripped the CD layer of my hybrid SACDs, and the difference between the 16/44.1 rip and the 24/88.2 conversion from DSD is usually bigger than the difference between the 24/88.2 conversion and the DSD rip. This is true even for hybrid SACDs from labels like AP, Chesky, and Telarc where they tried hard to make the best CD layer.

I do think it's wasteful to take a hi-res PCM master, convert to DSD for distribution, and convert back to hi-res PCM for playback. But those conversions seem less harmful than downsampling the hi-res master to 16/44.1.