Lossless 2 Channel Audio HELP!
SolidSqual
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Hey Guys,
I like the idea of putting all my music on a massive hardrive and mixing it all up into an endless playlist of 2 channel glory! The problem is that my laptop sound card sucks and when I purchased a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX, the sound was not at all impressive in stereo (I did notice the soundstage was a not as expansive and the sound seemed more distant. In addition, the multi-channel output of the card would not output to my sub in stereo mode). The DVD-Audio from the card was impressive, but at $250 dollars in the hole already from this purchase, I"m half-way to an amazing DVD-A/SACd player. So DVD-A/SACD aside, I want great 2 channel audio! Does anyone have any solution to my problem, or should Just return everything and pick up a good SACD/DVD-A player. On that note, any recs for a good player?
I like the idea of putting all my music on a massive hardrive and mixing it all up into an endless playlist of 2 channel glory! The problem is that my laptop sound card sucks and when I purchased a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX, the sound was not at all impressive in stereo (I did notice the soundstage was a not as expansive and the sound seemed more distant. In addition, the multi-channel output of the card would not output to my sub in stereo mode). The DVD-Audio from the card was impressive, but at $250 dollars in the hole already from this purchase, I"m half-way to an amazing DVD-A/SACd player. So DVD-A/SACD aside, I want great 2 channel audio! Does anyone have any solution to my problem, or should Just return everything and pick up a good SACD/DVD-A player. On that note, any recs for a good player?
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Lossless?
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What format are converting the songs to?
I have an apple and to trnsfer music w/out compression of info you compress to a Aiff file. Using this scheme a song is 1411 kps and could be up to 60mb on average song length. I'm not sure what a lossless file on windows is called but I do know it exists, someone?
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Zero wrote:SolidSquel,
Otherwise, I cannot think of a reason why not to invest that money into a typical disc spinner.
I can, getting up to change a cd in a music listening marathon
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ive heard that they have a somewhat new format for music on pcs now called .flac it stands for something like fully lossless audio content or codec something like that. anyway i use my pc for all my music and im getting an audigy 2 zs for super cheap off newegg so hopefully that helps improve the quality. i still have mp3s though but hopefully i can get a decent amount of albums in this flace format.
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I've played around with .flac and like it. HOWEVER, I haven't done any real SQ comparisons.
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Flac is an exact copy if you use a program called Exact Audio Copy (EAC) it's free. Again I and others have covered this many times before so the info is out there if you want to find it.
Flac is lossless compression of the standard WAV file. It reduces file size by about 20-25% on average. It's an exact digital copy if done correctly with EAC."Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
