Uncompressed Hi-Res files & Replay Gain.

[Meerloo]

I was told yesterday by my dealer, that downloaded Hi-Res files from HDTracks and High Res Audio and others, are compressed. Is this true on all Hi-Res downloads?

My dealer played me a track from Abbey Road (The Beatles) that had compression, then he used dbpoweramp to uncompress the files. The uncompressed files sounded better.

My question is, with regards to DSP settings for uncompressed Hi-Res files, should the Replay Gain be set to Track Gain, Album Gain or Album & Track Gain?

Thanks

[garym]

Re: Uncompressed Hi-Res files & Replay Gain.

I was told yesterday by my dealer, that downloaded Hi-Res files from HDTracks and High Res Audio and others, are compressed. Is this true on all Hi-Res downloads?

My dealer played me a track from Abbey Road (The Beatles) that had compression, then he used dbpoweramp to uncompress the files. The uncompressed files sounded better.

My question is, with regards to DSP settings for uncompressed Hi-Res files, should the Replay Gain be set to Track Gain, Album Gain or Album & Track Gain?

Thanks

Album and track gives you the most options. Just a tag, does not change underlying audio.

[mville]

Re: Uncompressed Hi-Res files & Replay Gain.

I was told yesterday by my dealer, that downloaded Hi-Res files from HDTracks and High Res Audio and others, are compressed. Is this true on all Hi-Res downloads?

My dealer played me a track from Abbey Road (The Beatles) that had compression, then he used dbpoweramp to uncompress the files. The uncompressed files sounded better.

What file format? Who is the dealer? Is the dealer trying to sell you something?