AFAIK, when EAC rips a CD it only extracts the raw PCM data. The subcode information which determines things such as Index points (if the CD has them), emphasis, and track sequencing is omitted.
A "CD copy" using NERO, OTOH, would preserve all the above, of course burned into a CD-R. A completely different process. So, when using an external DAC with the SB3 the subcode information will not be present. My small collection of early "emphasized" discs ripped the conventional way would play excessively bright. The solution is to "de-emphasize" them prior to encoding to FLAC... -- crooner Squeezebox 3 with Power One Linear Power Supply Lite Audio DAC60 tube DAC Pioneer SX-1980 Vandersteen 2Ce Signature Vandersteen 2W ------------------------------------------------------------------------ crooner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3379 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22301 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
