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| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Marco: am I correct that Slimcenter converts all files to FLAC for transmission and the Transporter then de-compresses? How might that factor into the results?I'll have to check into that and get back to you. I don't know the answer, but had wonde... | |
| Is a VPI better then a $10 Clothing Steam Iron? Cool, or rather HOT DIY project...thanks. When you're done cleaning your records you can let the steam iron cool down and then place it on your amplifier in place of a VPI Magic Brick :-) | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Way to go guys, you scared the sh#t out of Conedison8. That'll teach him.LOL. I'd be curious to compare a lossless file ripped on EAC that was ripped that way (retains all of the tags / song info - I assume that is possible), to the same song ripp... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Here's the info that SqueezeCenter provides on the three files Peter provided to me last night:EAC to AL conversion: Bitrate 634kbps VBR / Volume Adjust -6.97db / File Length 11,640,516My WAV File: Bitrate 11411kbps CBR / File Length 25,279,340Pet... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Peter - You'll have to come by and listen on my system. I confess that once I detected a significant difference in the single file I spent more time and attention comparing that file to the other two. Though I felt the other two sounded much more ... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Peter is not the only one that has heard this anomaly by a long shot. I have received a number of reports of the same thing. The problem happens even when the data is streamed with WiFi to AirPort Express or AppleTV.Steve - I may be embarrassing m... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? Peter dropped off several files for me to listen to this evening. He didn't tell me much about them. I didn't have my server running at the time and our dogs were playing so we could not listen to them together, so I don't know if my observations ... | |
| I am sick of cables Here's the Bizarro parallel recent post that you can reference for further input on a similar subject. There are many others in the archives. I'd agree the diminishing returns are staggeringly steep in the world of cables. Not that they do not mak... | |
| WAV or Apple Lossless Encoder? You should just rip a couple of your favorite CD's in both formats and compare them yourself. It's going to be you who's making the call as to which you prefer, not someone else. Personally, in the few comparisons I've made, I could not hear much ... | |
| whats the finest recorded cd you've heard? Too many to list...top of my head...El Cant de la Sibil La (Most of the Alia Vox CD's are brilliant)The Trinity Sessions, Cowboy JunkiesThe Lake, Antony (don't recall whether The Johnsons are with him on that EP)A whole bunch of ECM recordings...D... | |
| Tired of Problems with Tube Equipment I can't say I've had a tremendous diversity or breadth of experience compared to what is available, but I have used tubed components for many years. I've been using various tube components, practically exclusively, for eight or nine years now. I'v... | |
| Latest USB converters or music server? Modwright Transporter - I've sold my high end player, since the output via wireless as well as via digital input is better than any player I've ever had before that I can recall, including two Modwright Sony units. A good friend of mine has recent... | |
| Redefining "Universal Player" I would like to keep box count as low as possible, sound quality as high as possible, cost as low as possible, and flexibility as high as possible. Okay, I want it all :-)My Oppo 983H is a universal player of sorts and has USB 2.0 input for PC bas... | |
| Blue Collar Cables? The great debate I am not saying to spend 10k, a pair of cables, but buy something cost relative to the rest of your system.I would suggest that you make sure you can tell the difference before dropping more money on cables. The point of diminishing returns comes... | |
| Daedalus I heard his largest speakers at RMAF '07 playing with, I think it was, Art Audio low-powered SET amplification. It was one of my favorite rooms. The speakers were full range, coherent and very engaging. They did everything very well disappearing l... |