I wrote my first piece for Audiophile Audition in 2001 the SACD format had been unceremoniously launched the year before to very little fanfare. Why a nearly-dead, niche technology like SACD, you may ask - my involvement with it goes all the way back to my very first gig in audio journalism, twenty years ago at the old Audiophile Audition website. I first became aware of this about three years ago, and have followed its progress with great interest, although I haven’t had the tools available to me to make this happen until just a few weeks ago. I’m departing from my usual review format to focus on a developing technology I’ve been following for several years now, which is the ripping of SACD discs and the extraction of the Direct Stream Digital (DSD) layer. Apparently the code writers/hackers in the world agree with me, and it’s really great that we can finally transcode just about any digital file type that exists to ensure compatibility with ever-evolving audio equipment. I’m a firm believer in fair use when it comes to audio media - if you bought it, you own it, and you’re free to do with it as you please - as long as it’s for your personal enjoyment and you’re not trying to sell it illegally for profit.
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