Ripping again ripped cd's on the Unitiserve

Posted by: TOBYJUG on 16 March 2017

Probably bonkers.  

When I have a good listen I always go into the Settings on the app and turn off Auto connection . Stay Connected and Rip Mode.  Thinking the same logic as turning off display mode on other kit applies. And always discerned a little lowering of noise that's probably from disabling stuff that's not needed.

when ripping all this stuff is on, so data bases can find the info needed.

I re ripped a cd with all this off, as info is known. ... guess what , more lower noise floor and a better reproduction alround.  

Edit :,without the rip mode disabled of course.

Posted on: 16 March 2017 by Jan-Erik Nordoen
TOBYJUG posted:

Probably bonkers. 

As a sanity check, copy the two rips* into a playlist (after identifying which is which), then set playback to random. Listen to the first few seconds of a track, note which version you think is playing, then check which it was. Repeat 20 - 30 times and see how you did.

* Copy the original rip to the downloads folder first, then re-rip with settings off.

Posted on: 16 March 2017 by TOBYJUG
Jan-Erik Nordoen posted:
TOBYJUG posted:

Probably bonkers. 

As a sanity check, Repeat 20 - 30 times and see how you did.

Posted on: 17 March 2017 by Huge
Jan-Erik Nordoen posted:
TOBYJUG posted:

Probably bonkers. 

As a sanity check, copy the two rips* into a playlist (after identifying which is which), then set playback to random. Listen to the first few seconds of a track, note which version you think is playing, then check which it was. Repeat 20 - 30 times and see how you did.

* Copy the original rip to the downloads folder first, then re-rip with settings off.

Ooh! I like it:

Automated blind testing (technically not double blind but it's effectively the same as, unless you look at the Control Point's UI, it isn't capable of passing on any information or emotional bias).

Now that's clever.

Posted on: 17 March 2017 by Bart
Huge posted:
Jan-Erik Nordoen posted:
TOBYJUG posted:

Probably bonkers. 

As a sanity check, copy the two rips* into a playlist (after identifying which is which), then set playback to random. Listen to the first few seconds of a track, note which version you think is playing, then check which it was. Repeat 20 - 30 times and see how you did.

* Copy the original rip to the downloads folder first, then re-rip with settings off.

Ooh! I like it:

Automated blind testing (technically not double blind but it's effectively the same as, unless you look at the Control Point's UI, it isn't capable of passing on any information or emotional bias).

Now that's clever.

Jan-Erik invented blind testing. It is an honor to have him on the forum!

Posted on: 17 March 2017 by Huge
Bart posted:

Jan-Erik invented blind testing. It is an honor to have him on the forum!

Jan-Erik, assuming you were 18 when you did this in Nuremberg, then congratulations on your 200th birthday!  

Posted on: 28 March 2017 by TOBYJUG

Got from the loft some cds that was ripped a couple of years ago and reripped again with same protocol and still better results. Might have to consider reripping them all.   Some of the albums that was ripped when my serve was still fresh from the box definitely sounds like they could be done again.

Posted on: 28 March 2017 by james n

TJ - There was something along these lines discussed a while back in Hi-Fi Critic Magazine (worth looking on their forum too). Some chap in Australia who claimed that rips sound different depending on the ripping drive used (he'd modified a few CD drives with different Paul Hynes PSU arrangements) even though checksums were identical etc so you may be onto something. Once he got onto the copying and distribution of files made differences too, i sort of lost interest as it was just heading too much into audiophile paranoia land without the science to back it up...