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24/96 files for M2tech hiFace

Based on the detailed review by "Blindjim" I have ordered a M2Tech hiFace, installed Exact Audio Copy and Foobar 2ooo on a Windows 7 PC, and got it all to work with a Theta Gen Va DAC. I am enjoying my first foray into PC audio, and want to go the next step. I have a 24/96 DAD and can get it to play with Windows Media Player into the Theta and also the Cary 303-200 CD thru the digital input, presumably at 24/96 (20/96 on the Theta). How can I copy the 24/96 file to my hard drive to see if it is better? Do I need to change profiles on EAC or use some other soft? Alternately what do I need to do to see how a 24/96 sounds?
oldears
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I am no expert, but I think you need DVD-A ripping software to rip DAD.

Another test you can try is to use Foobar to play a 24/96 file and then have it down rez it to 16/44 for comparison. I use Kent Poon's free downloads as samples of 24/96 audio. He also has 16/44 and 24/192 files of the samples.

Hi RezDown loads

They are aiff files , but you can convert them to wave or flac. I think I did the conversion with dbpoweramp batch converter.
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DTC,
Thanks for this response.
I would have thought others might contibute or be interested in this topic. I found a Norwegian free download site and got it to play in Foobar 2000, but since I have no Redbook source to compare, I don't know if it is worth the effort. I did connect the hiFace to the coax input of the Cary 303-200, and it shows the input and output (if upsampling is done)freq. I alo was able to play some DVD-As, but am not sure which layer is being read.
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I think the lack of response may be because DAD is not all that common. I did find a DVD extractor that has a free 30 day trial period. I have not used it but it sounds like it should be able to extract the audio tracks from a DAD disc and output them as wav files. It could also extract the audio from your DVD-A discs.

DVD Audio Extractor

DVD Audio Extractor

To compare your Norwegian files as Redbook CDs, you could burn them to a CD and listen to that CD. The burning software would have to down rez the file. dBpoweramp Batch Converter is a free program and can convert to pretty much any format you wish. You could also try burning a DVD with the 24/96 files.

I'll probably try some of this myself, as I do have some DVD-A that I would like to get to Digital format.

I am very interested in your comparison of using the HiFace versus the Cary as the transport for 24/96 files. I think others will be also once you figure out how to do it.
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