This is how i would do it. Rip the disc with MakeMKV using the FLAC setting and unselect all tracks and subtitles and then just select just which lossless audio track you want. Load the mkv rip in to foobar and then convert to FLAC and split on chapters.

According to the manual for the E17 you can only get 96\24 via USB. For higher sample rates you need to connect via a optical cable.

There is a new driver released for the HP-A8. (ok maybe not soo new since it was released in Jan 16) http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/latest_news/EuVFZEZkZpjhtlZgPE.shtml Windows 10 certified driver

Thanks for the advice. Yeah only does it after using the iPod in the car. All the in car controls work with the iPod. auto playback and auto pause work fine, I can change songs no problem, it just won't let the iPod shutdown once the car pauses the unit when power is removed, you can feel the...

The new USB driver is much better, no more taking ages to detect when plugged in to my USB 3 hub. Still need to test in the car to see if the hang on shutdown has been resolved, that was the only real thing that made need to switch back. nothing worse than trying to fire up your ipod only to...

Try using Foobar2000 if your music is correctly tagged. Use add folder to add all your music in from your iPOD in to a playlist. Select all the files (or do it bunch by bunch) then use the right click file operations > copy to function. Set the destination folder and then the tricky part which...

If you want to use FLAC you'll need to convert it from float to integer, which foobar2000 is doing automatically for you. You can force it to convert from 32bit float to 32bit int by going in to the converter setup > output format | change the output bit depth from auto to 32-bit (sorry, just...

Sorry mixing up 32bit floats and 32bit int. Could this source file be a 32bit float?

FLAC doesn't support 32bit.

DBPoweramp is about is good as you can get with a ripper. All rippers should sound the same when ripping a clean disc, if it sounds different the ripper is doing something wrong.

Have you done a blind test with those different configurations i suggested?

ok i'll bite. does PC > USB PSU > Jitterbug > Dac sound any different to the following PC > DAC PC > USB PSU > DAC PC > Jittlerbug > DAC as for buying the AQ cable, yes you have wasted your money.

hopefully konseki has twigged that no differences found means that the source files are the same so any changes in sound has to be from the playback chain.

I don't recall saying that there would be a change in sound. All i was suggesting was to correctly setting up the offset for future ripping. the re ripping and comparing was to ensure that the configuration was changed correctly.

Thats good, the ripping is clean and a match. it looks like you haven't configured the drive offset of -6 on either EAC or Foobar2000. I would assume EAC hasn't got it configured. open EAC > click EAC menu > Drive options | Offset / Speed tab. Select Use read sample offset correct and enter...