Reply for JGreenDear JGreen,
today I used a Foobar tool, "Bit Comparator" to analyze if the cause of my "perceived" sounding "not as the source" could be in the generated compressed APE track.
Well, I don't know if what reported by this tool can be 100% true, but it reported that the APE track generated by ME17 is errored.
Then I set ME17 to generate a FLAC, and also the FLAC was reported to be errored.
To crosscheck the matter, I generated the same FLAC using Foobar driving the flac.exe directly.
Well, in this case, no errors were detected.
Herein are the diagnostic ouputs of the "Bit Comparator"
Test 1
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Using Foobar2000 1.1.12 beta5 to generate the FLAC and then testing it directly against the source CD
Codec used: Official FLAC 1.2.1b
All tracks decoded fine, no differences found.
Comparing:
"C:\Temp\Temp2\FOLLIA D'AMORE.flac"
"cdda://01979DC2" / index: 1
No differences in decoded data found.
Test 2
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Using ME17 last build 147 to generate the APE (default ME17 settings) and then testing it directly against the source CD
Codec used: ME17 own APE codec
Differences found in 1 out of 1 track pairs.
Comparing:
"C:\Parcheggio\Raphael Gualazzi\Reality and Fantasy\01 - Follia D'Amore.ape"
"cdda://01979DC2" / index: 1
Differences found: 18693670 sample(s), starting at 1.3568254 second(s), peak: 1.9999084 at 208.0399547 second(s), 2ch
Test 3
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Using ME17 last build 147 to generate the FLAC (set to level
and then testing it directly against the source CD
Codec used: ME17 own FLAC codec
Differences found in 1 out of 1 track pairs.
Comparing:
"C:\Temp\Raphael Gualazzi\Reality and Fantasy\01 - Follia D'Amore.flac"
"C:\Temp\Temp2\RAPHAEL GUALAZZI\REALITY AND FANTASY\01. FOLLIA D'AMORE.flac"
Differences found: 18693670 sample(s), starting at 1.3568254 second(s), peak: 1.9999084 at 208.0399547 second(s), 2ch
Any idea about these errors?
Reply for VocalpointDear Vocalpoint,
actually I cannot get rid of Allocator because my stereo system is fully DSP 3way Xovered and no passive filter (except the loudspeaker wires) is in place.
I need to have 6 outputs to get something "normally" playing out of my loudspeakers.
My DAC is a MOTU 896 mk3 Hybrid. ASIO is its "standard" interface to PC... unless having a Studio Console like PC with optical ATAPI or SPDIF/TOS interfaces....
But I have just a Dell D830 with USB and Firewire...
Kind regards,
Andrea.