| DSD (SACD) format pushed to stop piracy...? [message #78613] |
Wed, 11 December 2013 10:58 |
Cask05
Messages: 16
Registered: November 2013
Location: Arlington, Texas
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I recently began my first disc library rip to FLAC exercise, and noticed that my SACD (Direct Stream Digital - DSD) files are really locked up on these discs unless I'm willing to pay someone with a very old PS3 with original operating system and hacked applications to rip these files to LPCM.
Alternatively, I could rip from analog outputs, but that option is always available to anyone trying to copy music (albeit at a loss in quality going from digital to analog domains). This brings up a thought that hadn't occurred to me earlier:
Have the record companies deliberately pushed DSD/SACD-only formatted files to slow down or stop piracy? Same idea on vinyl vs. CDs.
Virtually all blind listener tests done to date point to listeners showing a preference for LPCM-encoded (i.e., CD and DVD-A) files over DSD files. I wondered why anyone in the industry pushed DSD/SACDs: the only reason that I could think of was anti-piracy.
Is this your takeaway also?
Chris
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