HDCD via Prologic II?

[lotones]

Hello... I've been listening to music with Prologic II - through a RSP-1068 - quite q bit lately, and I was wondering if the HDCD circuit is still active when Prologic II is used. Sometimes it sounds like it is, and sometimes it doesn't. Anyone know for sure?

Thanks...

[Kevin D]

No, you can pass the signal through the HDCD decoder by putting it in stereo mode, or you can put it through the Dolby decoder. Not both.

You are aware very few discs have HDCD encoding on them right? It has to be encoded in HDCD to be decoded.

Kevin D.

[lotones]

Thanks for the info Kevin. It's a little ironic because one of the reasons I got the 1068 was for the HDCD decoding and now I listen mostly to Prologic II.

I know the disc has to be HDCD encoded. I have quite a few HDCD discs, in fact today I was surprised to find this budget-line reggae disc I was playing today was HDCD encoded when it had no indication that it would be. Makes me wonder if the label even knows.

[Kevin D]

Interesting. The budget studio might be subbing the mastering out to a larger company that passes everything through an HDCD encoder.

Have you checked the user compiled list of HDCD disc's?

http://www.hifimusic.se/hdcd/index.php?p=base

Kevin D.

[apodaca]

What about using the HDCD output from the CD player directly - then the signal can be modified by any of the soundfields. I dont believe both the processor and the CD player have to be HDCD capable - it only takes one.

[Kevin D]

Sure, if the player can decode it that would work.

Kevin D.

[lotones]

Have you checked the user compiled list of HDCD disc's?

http://www.hifimusic.se/hdcd/index.php?p=base

No, I hadn't seen that. Thanks!

What about using the HDCD output from the CD player directly - then the signal can be modified by any of the soundfields. I dont believe both the processor and the CD player have to be HDCD capable - it only takes one.

Thanks for the idea. I'll give it a try.