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Avrin · 1st March 2010, 10:55

It would be nice for the utility to have a "force Peak Extend" mode (that applies the Peak Extend transform to the entire file even if it is has no Peak Extend or HDCD flags set), since there are HDCDs that are not properly flagged and/or recognized by Windows Media Player. The most famous example, probably, is the Fabulous Sound Lab release of "A Hard Day's Night". The entire series of the first six Beatles albums is mastered in HDCD using peak compression, and all CDs in the series, except AHDN, are recognized as HDCDs, and Peak Extend is properly applied during playback/decoding. The AHDN CD, despite being mastered in absolutely the same way, is not even recognized as an HDCD. Applying a rough imitation of Peak Extend in Adobe Audition makes the album sound much better. And there are other examples of CDs that would definitely benefit from forced Peak Extend

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Avrin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	It would be nice for the utility to have a "force Peak Extend" mode (that applies the Peak Extend transform to the entire file even if it is has no Peak Extend or HDCD flags set), since there are HDCDs that are not properly flagged and/or recognized by Windows Media Player. The most famous example, probably, is the Fabulous Sound Lab release of "A Hard Day's Night". The entire series of the first six Beatles albums is mastered in HDCD using peak compression, and all CDs in the series, except AHDN, are recognized as HDCDs, and Peak Extend is properly applied during playback/decoding. The AHDN CD, despite being mastered in absolutely the same way, is not even recognized as an HDCD. Applying a rough imitation of Peak Extend in Adobe Audition makes the album sound much better. And there are other examples of CDs that would definitely benefit from forced Peak Extend Last edited by Avrin; 2nd March 2010 at 12:23.