"Eiron" wrote in message
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hdcd -o newtrack.wav track1.wav


IT WORKS!

Thanks for all your help.

I've tried it out on the only HDCD disc in my collection, a "Best of Dire
Straights" CD. I've yet to find a track where the dynamic range after
decoding is any greater than that straight from the disc. I haven't decoded
then all yet but, to be honest, I'm not expecting the other tracks to be any
different. All that the decoder does is to drop the level by around 3dB. So
what was the point of making this an HDCD disc, or is it all just marketing?

David.