Why? You already have that capability in JRiver!Thank you, sounds like the ticket, Foobar it is.
Why? You already have that capability in JRiver!Thank you, sounds like the ticket, Foobar it is.
??? He owns Jriver, he gets the conversion capability "free".
Thank you, I see in TOOLS>ADVANCED TOOLS>CONVERT FORMAT.
But if I did that wouldn't I permanently convert them in my NAS?
I don't want to play converted DSF files at home in JRiver, when at home I want to keep them as DSF.
NO NEED! Keeping the original file is a simple setting under options (as I showed step by step above)!!If that's how it works, just make a copy of the DSF and convert that. Ditto if you use Foobar.
Thank you Ted, what post # are you referring to as step by step above?NO NEED! Keeping the original file is a simple setting under options (as I showed step by step above)!!
#75Thank you Ted, what post # are you referring to as step by step above?
OK Ted, I am getting there, seems so simple.Or just use Jriver to convert them..
A couple tips:
* Right click on now playing files and choose "library tools -> convert format"
* Then choose FLAC encoder
* In options (underneath flac encoder window), make sure you check either of the boxes that says "leave original file" (and either save new file to folder or not)
NO NEED! Keeping the original file is a simple setting under options (as I showed step by step above)!!
One little side note, as it is new to me as I never converted DSF to FLAC before.
Listening on the home rig the DSF file does sound a little better.
Another new to me is the conversion rate for the FLAC is 24 bit/352.8Khz.
That is what a lot of MQA files come out as.
The whole point for my situation is I now get to listen to my ripped SACD collection in the car, that is a milestone.
LOL! DSF to FLAC is lossy; it's science not placebo.If DSF sounds different than FLAC, that's placebo.
Practically nothing is natively recorded as DSD. It all starts life as PCM. So in the strict definition of the term, the conversion of PCM to DSD is also lossy. It doesn't matter so much if a conversion is lossy. What matters is if its audible. I can hear no difference between DSD and a 24/88.2 conversion of the same file. What is easily audible though is the DSP room correction that can be applied to PCM. And I can most certainly hear that.LOL! DSF to FLAC is lossy; it's science not placebo.
Before you go filling that drive quicker than needed with large files, try a 24/88.2 version as well and see if you notice the difference. For all we know, the U connect is down sampling to something even lower. It accepts 24/352.8. That doesn't mean it actually decodes that data stream.@ted_b
Thanks for all your help. Took my converted DSF to FLAC 24/352.8Khz USB, plugged in the Challenger and music plays like a champ and sounds great also.
Thanks again.
OK, good idea, 1 will give it a try. I am sure 24/88.2 is still better than 16/44.1.Before you go filling that drive quicker than needed with large files, try a 24/88.2 version as well and see if you notice the difference. For all we know, the U connect is down sampling to something even lower. It accepts 24/352.8. That doesn't mean it actually decodes that data stream.
Yes, especially 5 or 6 channel files. Those are huge (our own NativeDSD sells, for extreme example, DSD256 multichannel files and an album is enormous). A 24/88.2 or even 24/96 (a few digital devices throw up on 24/88.2 for some reason; it's not in their 44.1 clock spec?) will be plenty for car audio.Before you go filling that drive quicker than needed with large files, try a 24/88.2 version as well and see if you notice the difference. For all we know, the U connect is down sampling to something even lower. It accepts 24/352.8. That doesn't mean it actually decodes that data stream.
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