Euphony Stylus: FLAC vs WAV

[kumakuma]

40 minutes ago, davide256 said:

Now I'm learning that SACD DFF tracks are compressed with something called DST

 

https://www.hiresedition.com/industry-insights/dsd-basics.html

 

I think this is only applicable to multi-channel data. Stereo data in both DFF and DSF formats is always uncompressed, in my experience.

 

[kumakuma]

19 minutes ago, davide256 said:

I like to test hypotheses. Wonder if there is a way to tell if a ripped stereo SACD file uses DST compression.

 

Do you have a way to convert your DFF files to DSF?

 

DSF and DFF files will be almost identical in size if uncompressed.

[kumakuma]

7 minutes ago, davide256 said:

looks like whatever is going on with my SACD rips is something different (not DST) as all the ones I checked are DSF. These were all ripped using an Oppo 103

 

Perhaps you just prefer the sound of PCM to DSD