audiobill wrote:

If so, what hardware and software is he using to rip these hi-rez audio files to his computer? In what format are they being saved? I am curious to know.

DVD Extractor -  http://www.dvdae.com/ - saves the audio content of a DVD disc as OGG, MP3, Wave or FLAC files. You should only use this program to rip DVD-A discs that you own, of course,

John Atkinson

Editor, Stereophile