TiredLegs Wrote: > If you rip your HDCDs to lossless files that produce data streams > bit-for-bit identical to the original data, the digital output of a > 16-bit audio card should be properly decoded by an external > HDCD-compatible DAC. You don't need a 24-bit card, since the original > data on the CD is only 16-bits (even though it can represent up to > 20-bits of data through the HDCD dynamic range compression/expansion).
I think you misunderstood my question. I am aware that ripping HDCDs to a lossless format, if done correctly, will preserve the HDCD information. What I was wondering was, if it is possible for windows media player to decode an HDCD stream and output it as a 20bit LPCM stream from the digital out of a higher end sound card. N -- Nikhil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nikhil's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=993 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15185 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
