harmonic;155183 Wrote: > Damm i wise SD would make one simple do it all ripping program > ... > You see it is abel to reseive up to 24 bit
EAC, FLAC and MP3Tag aren't that hard to use. Getting going is only an hour or so of configuration. Maybe putting together a packaged install, fully set up would be a good idea. Anyway, to the point, Your CDs are 16-bit, so when you rip them, you get 16-bit. Simple as that. Using a 24-bit DAC won't help, as the source material is limited. It is possible to create or obtain 24-bit source material (e.g. DVD-As), and this will have higher resolution. It should sound better, but probably not by much: I think that a careful implementation of 16 bits is likely to yield much better quality than a careless use of 24 bits. You could convert 16-bit into 24-bit (by adding noughts, effectively); your DAC will then convert at 24-bit. It will sound the same. Indeed, it's possible that your DAC does this internally anyway. All you will achieve is bloating of the size of your FLACs. What you are getting is exactly the same as if you plugged a CD transport into your DAC thing. Relax, play some music and enjoy! -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29738 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
