So you want to keep your future options open to possible changes in how you choose to play the files and whether you continue to prefer the sound of upsampling vs. Or it might sound better using a linear phase upsampler instead of a minimum phase upsampler. For example it might have a better oversampling algorithm and will sound better playing CDs at 16/44.1. Your next DAC will change those variables. So the choice and quality of the upsampling algorithm makes a difference too. A linear phase upsampling algorithm can sound different than a minimum phase upsampling algorithm. And different upsampling algorithms can also sound different from each other. When you hear a difference sending upsampled audio to a DAC what you are hearing is a sonic difference between the oversampling algorithm inside the DAC and the upsampling algorithm used. Oversampling and upsampling are different processes and different math. The oversampling can be to some very high sampling rates, like 352.8 kHz or higher. That solution will be much more flexible and future proof.Īll modern DACs, except for NOS DACs (Non-OverSampling), will oversample the source to a higher sampling rate internally inside the DAC. Then using a media player that can do upsampling to play the files at a higher sampling rate if that sounds better to you. That means ripping CDs at 16-bit 44.1 kHz. I would really suggest ripping everything at the native bit-depth and sampling rate. The blindfold has been ripped from my sight. Some of the people here who are more familiar with Macs can offer some suggestions for other media players that can do good quality upsampling during playback. So far, I like the progression of the story, despite the slow slows burn of the My own good hated me. JRiver Media Center is one, but there are others.
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There are other media players available for the Mac that can do upsampling in the software. I don't have a Mac, and have never used VOX, so I'm not all that familiar with it. Andreas - Paranoia mode is off and there is no speed limit. There also is a setting to limit ripping speed. Paranoia mode can greatly slow down ripping.
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And if your next DAC sounds better playing without upsampling you'll be able to do that too.Ĭlick to expand.Given the other features that VOX has I figured it would also include a way to upsample. Please check if Paranoia mode is enabled in the ripper configuration of the fre:ac Linux version and disable it.
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And if your current DAC sounds better upsampling to 24/96 or 24/192 then you can configure your media playback software to upsample during playback. So thinking about the future and future DACs and gear it would be better to just rip everything to 16/44.1. If you rip everything to 24/96 and your next DAC actually sounds better playing CDs at 16/44.1 you will have to re-rip everything to get the 16/44.1 files back. My DACs sound better to me without upsampling. Your current DAC may sound better when upsampling 16/44.1 to 24/96. Since your current DAC seems to sound better when upsampling 16/44.1 up to 24/96 you can configure your media playback software to resample your files to 24/96 during playback. Build your digital library with lossless files at their native bit rate and sampling rate. And rip to a lossless format like ALAC or FLAC. I would suggest ripping CDs to 16-bit 44.1 kHz.