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  1. Mr. T
    Thanks guys, yes the Midi setup was a problem. I just listen to the Steely Dan Gaucho DVD-A 24/96 WAV. When the sampling rate is set to 48kHz instead of 96kHz, I get a headache because the treble is distorted (the hi-hat kills me). However, with the Nightfly, I still have to say that I rather listen to the CD WAV. The DVD-A at 24/48 sounds more aggressive and the notes do not decay as long as they do on the CD (the DVD sounds more "digital" - if that makes sense...). Goetz
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    Hi Roch, Thanks for the info on the Midi Setup! I am new to the Mac and the computer playback stuff, hence my ignorant questions... I have now set the sampling rate to 48kHz and I have the impression that some of the artifacts have disappeared on the DVD WAVs. Probably helps when iTunes doesn't have to downsample... Cheers, Goetz
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    Hi Eloise, Yes, I got the 2 channel mix. BTW, where on a Mac do I find the Audio Midi utility to select the output resolution? I have looked, but I don't find a control panel for that. Anyway, I just found out that I might have fallen for the old audio illusion that what is louder sounds better. The CD WAV is louder than the DVD WAV and when I make the DVD louder the difference disappears... Sorry, my bad :-(( But thanks guys for providing suggestions! Cheers, Goetz
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    Why should it be lossy, given that the 2-channel mix shows as 16/48? BTW, even the 192 kBit MP3s that I create from the CD sound much better than the DVD. Hence, I don't think it's an issue of resolution. I'm really more inclined to believe that they simply take the 2 front channels from the 5.1 mix... Goetz
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    Hi Peter, No, I mean normal DVDs where the audio info encoded should sound marginally better than the CD due to somewhat higher resolution. But the opposite seems to be true. I also ripped the Donald Fagen The Nightfly DVD-A, where it doesn't sound like half the music is missing. But it still sounds worse than the CD... Regards, Goetz
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    Hello, I don't know whether that's an old hat, but I noticed that DVDs seem to sound worse than CDs. I have ripped a couple of DVDs and extracted the 2 channel mix with DVD Audio Extractor as prescribed in this article: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/How-Rip-DVD-Audio-DVD-Video-Audio-And-HDAD-Discs Since some of the DVDs I have also came with a CD (e.g. Sting Live in Berlin), I could directly compare the sound of the 48 kHz 16bit DVD WAV with the sound of the CD WAV when played through iTunes on a MacBook Air (with headphones). The DVD sounds thin and has less bass than the CD. First I thought that the DVD Audio Extractor could be at fault, but when I listened to the DVD through the Apple DVD player and compared it to the DVD WAV file played through iTunes, they sound exactly the same. I.e. both sound materially worse than the CD. Does anyone know what's going on here? Is the mastering of DVDs primarily done in 5.1 and the stereo mix is simply the front left and right channels of the 5.1 mix? This would explain why it sounds like half of the music is missing... Cheers, Goetz
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