dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

[Liang]

Hi, I just downloaded dBpoweramp and ripped a CD to 2 different formats:

A) FLAC uncompressed. File size 469MB
B) WAV 24bit DVD, 192KHz, 2 Stereo CD. File size 2.98GB!!!

My questions:

1) Are there reasons why I should go for format B. The sales guy from Naim Audio told me to rip strictly to Wav format only. Or perhaps I should set to a lower bit
2) My nStream (Naim) Album Art does not show up. It only shows up if I click the info tab. Is this normal? How can I at least have the Album Art on the Ipad when I stream
3) Is there a way to get the Album Art on WAV using dBpoweramp

Thank you for reading!

Liang

[mville]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

What type of CD did you rip? If it was a standard Audio CD these are 16-bit, 44.1kHz and there's no need to rip to 24-bit, 192kHz as you gain nothing but use a lot more disk space.

Ripping CDs to FLAC is now becoming a standard. Tagging support is excellent and compatibility issues are few.

[Liang]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

Thank you for your advice. Yes, normal Audio CD. I have decided to rip to FLAC. Also read in this forum how to rip 24bits 192KHz CD to FLAC.

[AndrewFG]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

The CD is 44.1kHz 16bit 2ch and by ripping it to 192kHz 24bit 2ch you will not create any more information than is on the original CD. The 192kHz 24bit 2ch rip will contain the same information as the original CD padded out with "null" data which just bloats up the size so it is 6.5 times larger than needed.

The FLAC coding algorithm is very good at packing down null data, so a 192kHz 24bit 2ch FLAC file could be quite close in size to a 44.1kHz 16bit 2ch FLAC from the same source CD. But still you are just wasting your time, effort, disk space, and network bandwidth by ripping to something higher than the original 44.1kHz 16bit 2ch.

[mville]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

Also read in this forum how to rip 24bits 192KHz CD to FLAC.

There are no 24bit 192kHz standard audio CDs in existence.

[Liang]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

Really? Not that I am doubting you guys as I know nothing about CD sampling, etc etc, however I just got started ripping my CDs collection and I have already encountered 2 Audiophile CDs stating 24bits Mastering, 192KHz Processing and HDCD. They are

1) Here Comes The Sun, Acoustically, The Beatles
2) Al Somma, The Very Thought Of You

[mville]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

24-bit, 192kHz processing (probably) used during the recording process in the studio and the final masters may well be 24-bit, 192kHz.

The CDs however, will be 16-bit, 44.1kHz.

There are high resolution disc formats available e.g. SACD, DVD-Audio, High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray.

Currently (and sadly) though, dBpoweramp is unable to rip these discs.

[Liang]

Re: dBpoweramp wav Encoder settings

Again, thanks for the enlightenment. I am learning a lot from this forum. I still have quite a few of such CDs, I will rip as normal to save both time and space.