Best possible ripped CD format to play on ND5 XS

Posted by: Davinadavis on 08 November 2015

Hi everyone. I have just purchased the brand new (released 5th November) 'The Beatles 1+' CD and Blu-ray set. Putting the Blu-rays to one side, the 27 track CD has been re mastered, (yet again) but apparently in a completely different way than ever before, (please don't ask me how!) and is meant to be the mutts nuts! 

 

I don't have a CD player, and normally just rip any new CD with XLD in FLAC format, then send it to my ND5 via Asset UPnP server.

 

To get the best from the new CD, please could members advise the best possible rip format using XLD? Asset does give the option to transcode FLAC to WAV on the fly.

 

I do appreciate that the best sound may well come from a nice CD5 XS, but I don't have one.

 

Thanks guys

 

Davina 

Posted on: 13 November 2015 by andarkian

Fascinating, I gave just ripped the Beatles Remastered collection by Dbpweramp in FLAC to my MacBook Air and then did the same thing in iTunes using WAV format. I then copied both to my Synology DS212j and gave them a listen. First impressions are that the Dbpoweramp nudges the iTunes WAV formatted copies. Not a lot in it, but more detail and open with the Dbpoweramp recordings. Tried it through my Muso and my Onkyo AV amp and Castle speakers, which produce a bigger, better result than the Muso. 

Posted on: 13 November 2015 by Huge
Originally Posted by andarkian:

Fascinating, I gave just ripped the Beatles Remastered collection by Dbpweramp in FLAC to my MacBook Air and then did the same thing in iTunes using WAV format. I then copied both to my Synology DS212j and gave them a listen. First impressions are that the Dbpoweramp nudges the iTunes WAV formatted copies. Not a lot in it, but more detail and open with the Dbpoweramp recordings. Tried it through my Muso and my Onkyo AV amp and Castle speakers, which produce a bigger, better result than the Muso. 

Two things stand out here.

First, some people have observed that iTunes can do strange things.

Second, the Onkyo Network Receiver may not react the same way to different stream formats as the Naim streamers do.

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by andarkian
Originally Posted by Huge:
Originally Posted by andarkian:

Fascinating, I gave just ripped the Beatles Remastered collection by Dbpweramp in FLAC to my MacBook Air and then did the same thing in iTunes using WAV format. I then copied both to my Synology DS212j and gave them a listen. First impressions are that the Dbpoweramp nudges the iTunes WAV formatted copies. Not a lot in it, but more detail and open with the Dbpoweramp recordings. Tried it through my Muso and my Onkyo AV amp and Castle speakers, which produce a bigger, better result than the Muso. 

Two things stand out here.

First, some people have observed that iTunes can do strange things.

Second, the Onkyo Network Receiver may not react the same way to different stream formats as the Naim streamers do.

Wasn't much in it Huge and both streams were played using the Naim controller on the iPad via UPnP. Not scientific or even reliable given my dodgy old ears, but the recordings were satisfactory as was the result.

Posted on: 14 November 2015 by Magnus Hultstrand

Rip to FLAC-Listen-Enjoy.