XXHighEnd

Some of my older hi res downloads (24/96/192) which sound amazing playing back at .69 SFS only play one track then stop dead, some play 4 tracks then stop dead. They will play more tracks at higher SFS but don't sound as good!!!!
Recent hires downloads seem ok playing whole albums no stopping. So not sure whats happening here. 
Perhaps these hi res albums have a glitch in the program. How would I check this? All I know its bloody annoying.
Its random. New 24/44/48 stuff works fine also 24/96 this years recordings.
Robert

Hi Robert,

Think back on where you obtained them and next Google for the issue ? (not really much chance because I suppose it will be related to XXHighEnd too)

It could be some sheer coincidence on the sampling rate / but depth and the further settings you use. That doesn't explain why others (newer) are working fine, but still ... if it is solve by e.g. change 0.69 to 0.68 and you don't hear that ... ... But anyway, it would be interesting to know whether the problem persists at SFS = 0.68; I suppose not, that then proving it is a coincidental situation (unlucky combination of matters) in the first place.

Best regards,
Peter

Tried SFS .68 no difference. SFS at higher levels over a 100 works. Something in the audio file is causing the issue I believe. I've run one through Xrecode(audio format software) but still no good.

Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall 24/96 HD Wave download is one I'm playing with that fails. The same recording but in flac downloaded from Qobuz works fine. In particular they are 24/96 files downloaded from HD Tracks. I havn't had any problems with 24/96 downloads this year but most are new recordings like Melody Gardot. Perhaps they had a problem and have fixed it. From my dealings with HD tracks they say they are only a vehicle for digital files and pass on whats given to them by the record labels.

Is there software I could run these music files through that might fix the problem?

Robert

Convert to / from FLAC ? (XXHE can do that, but any means would be fine)

I converted the HD wave file downloads to Flac using dbpoweramp and replayed it worked fine, playing all tracks on 3 albums in particular without stopping. Two were 24/96 and one 24/192.

I recognise that XXHE converts Flac files automatically to wave.

Can XXHE convert wave to flac?

Robert

I have the same problem when i play Master/MQA from Tidal in Unattended. All stops after one track of the album


Tore

Tore I've never bothered with Tidal but I see they are 24/96 files. Are these wave?
I've found converting 24/96/192 from Wave to Flac using dbpoweramp they all play perfectly. I havn't compared wave with flac to see if I can hear a difference sound wise yet.

Perhaps they need to be changed to flac somehow. As I'm aware at the moment XXHE only changes all flac files to Wave on playback. I only run Flac and wave audio files downloads and CD rips.

Robert

Hi Tore - This has to be caused some probably "too low" setting like Q1 and SFS.
If you remain to have problems with this, please open a new topic for it.

Best regards,
Peter

Comparing Flac tracks to original wave the wave tracks do sound better, smoother, less bright. Not by much but noticeable. Takes longer for XXHE to process from wave to flac than flac to flac.

Robert