darthlaker

Hi, I am using latest version of JRIVER on a Macbook Pro with latest operating system. Using a dCS Puccini player with U-Clock which can handle DSD via USB. I have ripped some SACD's (using PS3 and following all the instructions) and made an interesting (and weird!) observation with my system. The rip in question is from Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral SACD. Stereo rip. Disc 1. Track 5. Closer. The last 30 seconds of the song has a phase effect that swirls all around your head - like you are listening to surround sound (track is only 2 channel stereo). I hear this surround effect on the SACD disc itself when I play it but not on the dsf rip! Also, when I play the RBCD rip (from a pure RBCD) I can hear the phase effect as well!! Very weird. Any thoughts on why this phase effect doesn't come out like the SACD disc itself or a RBCD rip?

Thanks SO much eatapc. Some questions: How do you have the first 2 albums come up with the name HD after them? Also, I can see how you sort by sample rate. Could this be done if the file was FLAC not AIFF?

Thanks to you and everyone else on this thread. Very helpful and appreciated. Also, I have found out that WAV files can be a pain to use. Is it best to convert them to FLAC?

Thanks Musicophile, Yes, I guess it comes down to personal preference. I am not that computer literate, so the simpler the better!

I was renaming files on my HD. As I have a LOT of high-rez and low-rez files it just seems that JRiver is a lot easier to use.......

I played around with PureMusic last night. I renamed all my high rez artist folders and then the album folder of one artist (just to check) and had the ending as: 24 Bit. Well, I still could not search in iTunes and with the album I tried - it came up with multiple tracks. Aaaaargh! I then tried JRiver on my Mac. I can easily select FLAC files (this is my high rez file format) using JRiver on the MAC - AND with the JRemote app on my iPad. So very easy. No mucking around with dragging and dropping high rez files like Pure Music does. So I can now easily select my high rez files on my iPad and select them easily. I was so impressed I just bought JRiver!

Cool, thanks, that sounds great!!!

Thanks, JRiver could be the go. Can you select the bit rate you want using the JRiver iPad app?

Thanks guys. Sounds like MAC JRiver could be a solution.

Thanks guys for your suggestions. I wonder still if any player can just let you choose high rez files to play only - easily, without re-tagging the files??? HHHHmmmmmmmmmm.......!

Thanks Musicophile for the reply. My main concern is how the software handles high rez and lossless versions of the same album. Perhaps Audiovarna and Amarra will have the same issues I am experiencing with Pure Music player as they all work in Itunes integrated mode??

I have a Mac and a dCS Puccini DAC and have been using Pure Music software to play my lossless music and also high rez music (high rez is in FLAC, WAV, DSD etc.) The issue with Pure Music is that it seems to "double up" tracks on an album when I have the same album in lossless and in highrez on the hard drive. I also can't find any easy way to select the high rez version of an album over the lossless version. The whole way that Pure Music handles high rez seems to be a pain. Is there another player that can make this easier? JRIVER perhaps? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I have been thinking a bit about record companies and high resolution audio. I suppose it is not necessarily a question of when but also a question (for the record companies) of WHY? If storage devices became much, much cheaper overnight and let’s say the size of these devices got a lot smaller. Let’s also say we could all download large files quickly and at a low cost. Then let’s say overnight people could download ANY music they wanted in high rez (92/24 or 192/24) at a SLIGHTLY increased price as the low rez tracks on iTunes. (So what I am saying here is that storage, download speed, download cost and increased price for purchasing high rez music impediments are removed/greatly reduced than at present) I hate to say this but would MOST people really care? Would most people REALLY hear the difference on their portable devices? Perhaps more importantly, would most people REALLY hear the difference at home on their iPod docks, home theatre Sony/Samsung etc. systems? What I am trying to get at here is WHY would (or why SHOULD) the record companies CARE about releasing high rez music? It will certainly cost them money to retrieve master tapes (hopefully the original ones!) and prepare them for high rez release. One can look at the large uptake in High Definition TV from Standard Definition and ask why this worked? The HDTV prices got lower and lower, most of the content was free so the average person bought a HDTV. Would most people buy a better quality Hi-Fi in their home if high rez audio was free? Probably not. Most people listen to music as background music so they are happy enough with what they have. Yet, some record companies do release new music on vinyl which is a niche of a niche market (CD’s). Why do they do this/bother when they can release the album in high resolution online? After all, almost everyone has a computer these days….more than people with record players! Is the niche of high rez audio too much of a niche to bother? Would love to hear people’s thoughts on this….

This is great news!<br /> <br /> Is there any EASY way to rip a SACD and then store the file on a macbook pro for playback?<br /> <br /> Doesn't seem to be but thought I would ask...<br /> <br />

Many thanks Paul....