Converting cd's to high resolution audio

I have ripped my cd’s to a HDD. I do not think any more resolution has been gained by this, but since the HDD is in another room, it seems the background is quieter and the sound better. No spinning disc or other sounds to hear.
Is it in my head? don’t know but ripped files sound better to me.

@elizabeth You are actually changing the data retrieved off a 16bit/44.1Mhz CD and having the Marantz up-sample the CD data to whatever. The original is still 16/44.1 and that is that. Half the problem with Hi-Rez downloads is that the masters (tape) were done at a bit rate (eg 16) but up-sampling falsely changes this to 24 bit by colouring in and sharpening the sound image. Sort of like photoshopping a bad or low res image. A.

my reading tells me that the cd itself has a limited shelf life and will degrade over time.

I still have the first cd’s I bought in 1982 and they are still perfect, not a hint of degrading, I’d say a H/D would be less reliable than that.

But please don't provide misinformation about retrieving "more data", your simply not.

+1 on that


Cheers George

elizabethhow is the SA-10 settling into your system? Which cd player/transport(s) are you using w/ its DAC? Thank You.
Happy Listening!

Robert Harley did a piece about copying CDs and why they sounded better. Had something to do with taming jitter embedded in the source data stream. This results in better sounding music or letting the music that's already there come to the fore.