[SurroundSound] Re: PS3 SACD rips

Thanks, pj, for your thanks!

Actually, as members of this group, we all have the opportunity to
learn and share ideas and knowledge about proper SACD ripping, DSD
conversion, etc.
We then act as ambassadors in other forums and interest groups, to
educate those who might unwittingly rip the hybrid part of an SACD and
call it a SACD rip.
On our part, we can sniff out duds if we know what we are looking for.
Eg, an entire DSD iso rip might occupy 3.x GB, so someone who
innocently rips the hybrid redbook part would end up with wavs or
flacs, that don't even take up 1GB.

Also, one good indicator of a real SACD rip is the presence of
multichannel tracks, which is what many people are interested in.
If the tracks are in DST compression, it's an even clearer sign that
the source is a real SACD. Only the most malicious and intentional rip-
off people would go and rip multichannel AC3/DTS-audio and upconvert
it to DSD and then compress it to DST to fool us!

On Aug 31, 1:25 am, pj-mckay <johnmc...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> being duped and scoffed at.  Again; so  long as I have the actual SACD
> I will be able to compare and say yeh or nay but I'd much rather we
> had some way of knowing genuine from fake (might not be possible and
> maybe it's irrelevent if I can't tell).  At some point I am going to
> download a 'ripped' multichannel version that I dont actually own
> (I'll have the CD at least), and I am going to 'trust' it.  I'm
> thinking of all the stuff Napster broadcast with the wrong tags in the
> early days; and things like 'turning Japanese' being associated with
> The Kinks.  Once junk hits the internet there is no stopping it, no
> hiding it, and no way back!  It'll turn up for years.
>
> ps  I have seen folk talk of ripping their SACD when all they are
> doing is ripping the hybrid part.  They're not even trying to fool
> folk they're just not 100% aware of what they have done.  They're not
> stupid, they're not malicious...   just wrong about what they think
> they're doing.  And we can all be wrong about something at some point
> in our life (many points in mine)..
>
> pps Brubeck download; It wasn't so much distortion as total break-up.
> And it was an ISO from another site, played through Foobar on my PC.
> It was my first 'test' and maybe I need to build a list of trusty
> sources.  You guys and your own control of the Hub will be a far
> safer, and trusted, environment. That'll be another lesson for me to
> take onboard.

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