In article , Glenn Richards
wrote:
Eiron wrote:

Part of the licence agreement is, if I recall correctly, that the
decoded signal is not available digitally.

Hmmm...

So what about, say, if I were to connect a standalone CD recorder to the
analogue outputs of the DV-79 and make an analogue copy of the disc to
a CD-RW, then rip the analogue copy?

Obviously that would work from a functional level, but how do you think
it would sound? Logic suggests it would actually sound ok as most CD
recorders are pretty transparent... opinions?

It is an interesting question. However for myself, the main 'bar' to giving
any answer is the absence of detailed technical information on HDCD that
would let me determine what *actual* effect the process has... I've read
all sorts of claims and general descriptions over the years that 'describe'
HDCD, but none that would enable any analysis, etc. (Indeed, the
descriptions I've seen at different times contradicted one another!)

My understanding has been that the process is 'proprietary' so the relevant
details are not in the public domain. If this is incorrect, I'd welcome a
pointer to where the info is available. :-)

A secondary point is that - since the HDCD data is still at the same
information channel capacity as 'normal' CD audio - the results might
depend on how HDCD compares with any noise-shaping, etc, the converters
employed actually use.

More generally, though, I find that provided I avoid problems like
clipping, that the sound when I replay a CD I have recorded from an
analogue source sounds to me just like the source I recorded. Hence I'd be
inclined to expect this of the analog from an HDCD player as well... But
this is simply an expectation, not an actual result. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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