Rick-An Ordinary Fool
Well-Known Member
What I am about to speak of is pertaining to The Singles 69-73 SHM SACD
I've really been enjoying my Singles 69-73 SACD and today I wondered why can't I capture the audio from the 2 channels while it's playing in DSD mode and be able to enjoy it in my car or on put it in my iTunes. So today, I ran a splitter (rca connector L&R on one end and mini stereo jack on the other) unplugged the left & right speakers and plugged into this rca splitter and plugged the mini stereo jack into my laptop and captured the audio using Audacity, all while the Singles 69-73 SACD was playing in DSD mode 2 ch stereo.
It took awhile because I not only had to play the entire disc for the capture but then had to go and label and split the tracks with audacity. I managed to split them all so that they match all the original length and since some seque into one another had to be sure to split them at the exact spot. So while I'm doing all this...I'm thinking it's probably going to sound pretty much like the Singles 69-73 SHM CD. Boy was I wrong.
So I imported my rip from the 2 ch SACD into my iTunes library and I'm comparing the sound back and forth between the SHM-CD and the SHM-SACD. While the SHM CD was ripped using iTunes at 320 kbps, the SHM-SACD was ripped using audacity at 320 kbps.
So the benefit in all of this is that I can now listen to the SHM-SACD in my car or on my iPod. I know what I ripped is not the same exact quality as what you actually hear in DSD mode but it sure sounds pretty close. The rip I made of the SACD just sounds so much better, the bass, guitar all highlighted with more definition and even Karen's vocal seems just a bit stronger to me. The sound of the instruments seem stronger yet don't overpower the song and the bass just sounds deeper and stronger, more emphasis but without overpowering the track. While the SHM CD is warm sounding and not mastered loudly, the rip I made of the 2 Ch SACD just sounds better overall, it retains the warmth but also sounds fuller like what you think stereo should sound like. It's almost like your listening to the actual master tape, it's that clean and bright without any harshness or any loudness wars. What I'm hearing from my 2 Ch SACD rip really is a step above (sonically) to the SHM-CD. I'm really happy that I spent the time today to do this today.
I was so impressed with the above^ that I plan to do the same thing on a couple SHM-SACD's of Olivia that are also 2 Ch Stereo. This way I can enjoy those titles as well in my car and iPod.
I've really been enjoying my Singles 69-73 SACD and today I wondered why can't I capture the audio from the 2 channels while it's playing in DSD mode and be able to enjoy it in my car or on put it in my iTunes. So today, I ran a splitter (rca connector L&R on one end and mini stereo jack on the other) unplugged the left & right speakers and plugged into this rca splitter and plugged the mini stereo jack into my laptop and captured the audio using Audacity, all while the Singles 69-73 SACD was playing in DSD mode 2 ch stereo.
It took awhile because I not only had to play the entire disc for the capture but then had to go and label and split the tracks with audacity. I managed to split them all so that they match all the original length and since some seque into one another had to be sure to split them at the exact spot. So while I'm doing all this...I'm thinking it's probably going to sound pretty much like the Singles 69-73 SHM CD. Boy was I wrong.
So I imported my rip from the 2 ch SACD into my iTunes library and I'm comparing the sound back and forth between the SHM-CD and the SHM-SACD. While the SHM CD was ripped using iTunes at 320 kbps, the SHM-SACD was ripped using audacity at 320 kbps.
So the benefit in all of this is that I can now listen to the SHM-SACD in my car or on my iPod. I know what I ripped is not the same exact quality as what you actually hear in DSD mode but it sure sounds pretty close. The rip I made of the SACD just sounds so much better, the bass, guitar all highlighted with more definition and even Karen's vocal seems just a bit stronger to me. The sound of the instruments seem stronger yet don't overpower the song and the bass just sounds deeper and stronger, more emphasis but without overpowering the track. While the SHM CD is warm sounding and not mastered loudly, the rip I made of the 2 Ch SACD just sounds better overall, it retains the warmth but also sounds fuller like what you think stereo should sound like. It's almost like your listening to the actual master tape, it's that clean and bright without any harshness or any loudness wars. What I'm hearing from my 2 Ch SACD rip really is a step above (sonically) to the SHM-CD. I'm really happy that I spent the time today to do this today.
I was so impressed with the above^ that I plan to do the same thing on a couple SHM-SACD's of Olivia that are also 2 Ch Stereo. This way I can enjoy those titles as well in my car and iPod.