Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
9/11 absolutely was an inside job, no possible doubt I am curious - Is this a joke or do you really believe it? -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
About the honesty of customers: http://www.freakonomics.com/article2.php This is an interesting account of a bagel salesman and his belief that honest people will stay honest without a bagel protection mechanism. -- smst smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] A photo of your Squeezebox setup (please)
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 Question: Should there be a new forum for photos? - yes - no - maybe i don't know a squeezebox yet but wow, i think it is starting to talk to me now -- kage '*affordable Chinese Amp! *' (http://stores.ebay.com/Otaku-Cyber-Convenience-Store_Audio-Accessories_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ10912151QQftidZ2QQtZkm) kage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11500 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19817 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
thats a cool article... By measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he could tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were... As it happens, his accidental study provides a window onto a subject that has long stymied academics: white-collar crime A street crime has a victim...But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. Whom, exactly, did the masters of Enron steal from? And how can you measure something if you don't know to whom it happened, or with what frequency, or in what magnitude? Paul F.'s bagel business was different. It did present a victim. The victim was Paul F. [...and they didn't steal from him...] This has a brilliant parallel in the file sharing debate... People who would never steal cash from an old lady will happily go out and steal from record companies by pirating thier CDs. Why? Becuase unlike Paul F.'s bagel business they can't see who they are stealing from or how much difference it is making. Great stuff. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
That's an interesting, optimistic and fun article. Freakonomics indeed. But I think the problem is people can convince themselves that something is not stealing when it is in order to justify their desires. Rarely do you hear criminals saying I did it because I was greedy... they usually come up with some lame justification like so and so deserved it. You can see on this forum that instead of admitting that they are greedy as they pirate CDs many here have now developed a copyright should be abolished and the record companies deserve it viewpoint. Also anyone who stole from Paul's bagel business could see the human victim easily but with pirate cds they have to use their intellect to grasp the significance of the problem. Clearly a problem if you think Sep 11th was a plot... -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
Well now that we've brought 9/11 into this thread I guess its time to break this out... +---+ |Filename: even kittens.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2788| +---+ -- discocarp discocarp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7814 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
discocarp;201250 Wrote: Well now that we've brought 9/11 into this thread I guess its time to break this out... Although interestingly, no Nazis yet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us ... condemning [young soldiers] to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerrilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability - George Bush Snr, 1998 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops;201256 Wrote: That's very interesting and sounds very strange. It's certainly not the way book publishng works which i have experience of. You clearly have no idea of how the industry works. Very few artists recoup - generally only very big artists. I have worked with small record companies which often only have one or two in their portfolio of hundreds of artists that are recouping. Quality trolling sir :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us ... condemning [young soldiers] to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerrilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability - George Bush Snr, 1998 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops;201247 Wrote: many here have now developed a copyright should be abolished and the record companies deserve it viewpoint. The two are not connected. I do NOT believe that copyright should be abolished, but I DO think that the big record companies deserve it. It strikes me that you don't have a clue how typical recording contracts operate, so here's a brief summary: 1. The record company advances the artist some money, in order to pay for the recording. 2. The artist spends that money and makes their recording. 3. The recording belongs to the record company. (Seems fair, they've paid for it, yes?) 4. The record company sells the recording, and from the proceeds the artist gets a royalty. Here's the gotcha: 5. EVERY SINGLE PENNY that the record company has spent on behalf of the artist (which includes all of their advance, all of the marketing, and all of the associated corporate hospitality - such as lunches for the executives in swanky restaurants) is deducted from their royalties. The outcome is: 1. The artist has paid for a recording which now belongs to the record company. This is morally indefensible. 2. Of course, the vast majority of recordings never recoup all of the costs that the record companies accountants claim has been spent, so the artist never actually makes any money at all. Do you really think this is fair? Does a company which behaves like this really deserve to have their business model protected? -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
Ah so these bum deals have generated a lot of publicity, thrown a lot of confusion on the topic, and given the record companies a bad name. Still maybe it's getting carried away to junk the whole industry on the basis of that. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops;201261 Wrote: Ah so these bum deals have generated a lot of publicity, thrown a lot of confusion on the topic, and given the record companies a bad name. Still maybe it's getting carried away to junk the whole industry on the basis of that. It's not a matter of being a bum deal. For a small independent record company, they are taking unknowns and helping them to make records; some work and do very well, while others flop. It's a risk, and the classic approach is to diversify the portfolio and hope you choose a few good'uns. In order to do well, a band needs a lot of promotion, so there is a huge cost for a small label. The problem comes with the big boys, who often sign the big names as loss-leaders (just like the book industry!), and have to put huge amounts through as recoupable expenses on the rest of their artists, just to balance their books. These artists never recoup. So a small artist can either go with a small label, who will care about them but is quite unlikely to make them into a new Britney Spears, or they can go to a major, who might make them big but they'll never get any money out of it until they have enough clout to renegotiate their contract. Of course, new bands are desperate for a contract, so will often sign away all sorts of rights. Naturally these are polarised examples spun rather negatively, but it gives a taste of the situation. The problem is that there is no better business model out there at the moment, but it will change - it needs to! But DRM will not force a change in the right way. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us ... condemning [young soldiers] to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerrilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability - George Bush Snr, 1998 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
Promotion costs *should* not be recoupable. Out-of-pocket expenses for promotional purposes, incurred by the artist *should* be reimbursed by the record company. The record company *may* provide promotional tour support Video costs are *usually* recoupable by 50%. The remaining 50% is recovered from commercial exploitation of the video. Note the preponderance of non-committal words (which I have highlighted). The Music For London site appears to be saying what *ought* to happen. But it's not what happens in practice to an awful lot of artists. Someone else has already referred you to Janis Ian's well-known essay on the subject. She's not alone. -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
5. EVERY SINGLE PENNY that the record company has spent on behalf of the artist (which includes all of their advance, all of the marketing, and all of the associated corporate hospitality - such as lunches for the executives in swanky restaurants) is deducted from their royalties. That's very interesting and sounds very strange. It's certainly not the way book publishng works which i have exxperience of. I did a search on Google and came across this which said something silmilar: http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties6.htm but it sounded so strange i looked into more professional web sites desinged for real artists needing adice. They mentioed confusion arounf the iddue and then i found quite a good one: http://www.musicforlondon.co.uk/MusicContractsSite/recording_agreements.htm ROYALTIES The rate is usually comprised between 10% and 14% of the retail price of the records sold or between 13% and 18%of the published price to the dealer. Indies usually redistribute 50%. They are received after the recoupment of the advance and the recording and video costs. PROMOTION Promotion costs should not be recoupable. Out-of-pocket expenses for promotional purposes, incurred by the artist should be reimbursed by the record company. The record company may provide promotional tour support Video costs are usually recoupable by 50%. The remaining 50% is recovered from commercial exploitation of the video. You are clearly mistaken on EVERY SINGLE PENNY part but the deal is not as sweet as I originally thought. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test
tomjtx;200242 Wrote: I will PM you Tom- Thanks for the PM. It seems the traveling modified TP you heard went to a TP user in CA, who was blown away by the improvement over his stock unit. He purchased the modified TP. -- jhm731 jhm731's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops Wrote: That's very interesting and sounds very strange. It's certainly not the way book publishng works which i have experience of. So you really don't know what you're talking about and now you admit it. but it sounded so strange i looked into more professional web sites designed for real artists needing advice. Then i found quite a good one You mean: -but it sounded not the way I wanted it, so I found another one which is better in my view.- willyhoops;201261 Wrote: Ah so these bum deals have generated a lot of publicity, thrown a lot of confusion on the topic, and given the record companies a bad name. Still maybe it's getting carried away to junk the whole industry on the basis of that. Geez, again something which tells a lot about you. I wonder why you have a squeezebox at all as probably you're only listening to Justing Timberlake or Britney Spears or J'Lo. -- servies servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter listening test
jhm731;201268 Wrote: Tom- Thanks for the PM. It seems the traveling modified TP you heard went to a TP user in CA, who was blown away by the improvement over his stock unit. He purchased the modified TP. I wonder if the Cali guy was using the rca out. I did hear a difference with the rca outs between the 2 units. I think it would be a good value to mod TP if you don't have the option of going balanced. If I had heard only rca I would likely have bought the mod. My blind tests were done with a high end dealer friend of mine who has a great ear. He carries Rowland , Watts ,Ayre and Slimdevices among many others. He didn't hear a difference between stock and modded through the balanced outs. He was very interested in the idea of modding TP . In my close to two weeks of sighted listening I didn't hear a difference, balanced. This was with Rowland into Watt/Puppys so it is a pretty revealing, high res system. I am interested to hear the different mods this modder did to double uglies TP. DU loves his and he has a great system. Right now I am guitar rich and cash poor :-) Soon as I sell a guitar I plan to audition the mod that DU has. I wouldn't want to have the modder send me a unit if I didn't have the cash to buy if I liked it. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
servies;201269 Wrote: I wonder why you have a squeezebox at all as probably you're only listening to Justing Timberlake or Britney Spears or J'Lo. Where's the conflict between owning and using a SB and listening to (what I assume you mean) ultra commercial music or whatever you mean? I wonder what more artists you include there -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops;201198 Wrote: I am curious - Is this a joke or do you really believe it? Absolutely. I won't debate the topic, only suggest that if you're interested to research it yourself and draw your own conclusion. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone with a Bryston amp/dac and SB/Transporter - How does the Bryston dac sound ?
Sold my Micro Seiki BL51 turntable and all the records also.hit me now then... SB+ ?? What is that ? Link ... -- Anne Squeezebox 3 Stereovox XV2 Bryston B100-DA SST Martin Logan Aeon I. Anne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34969 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
Pale Blue Ego;201284 Wrote: I won't debate the topic... Damn. Looks like I brought out my kittens jpg too early! -- discocarp discocarp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7814 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
discocarp;201296 Wrote: Damn. Looks like I brought out my kittens jpg too early! LOL this has been an entertaining thread, despite the OP being a level 80 troll. I occasionally get rather attached to my ideas, but in order to argue effectively, one always needs to recognise that others may know stuff too. Good fun though, plenty of good thoughts here :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us ... condemning [young soldiers] to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerrilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability - George Bush Snr, 1998 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Looking for tiny amp!
Animeka;200233 Wrote: This looks interesting... How can I tell how it'll drive the Bose cube speakers I have and how loud they can go? (I don't play stadium loud but sometimes it's nice to know you can crank it a bit...) THanks, Marc If these are off their Lifestyle system, the speakers cannot be powered by anything other than what's in the Bose bass module. The bass module contains custom crossovers and filters and the speakers will sound very, very poor without it. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35073 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Looking for tiny amp!
Mark Lanctot;201301 Wrote: If these are off their Lifestyle system, the speakers cannot be powered by anything other than what's in the Bose bass module. The bass module contains custom crossovers and filters and the speakers will sound very, very poor without it. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the same applies to the Bose Acoustimass speaker line as well. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35073 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Looking for tiny amp!
Whoops, it was the Acoustimass system I was actually thinking about, thanks aubuti! Your comment may apply to the Lifestyle series as well though. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35073 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Anyone with a Bryston amp/dac and SB/Transporter - How does the Bryston dac sound ?
Anne, from what I understand, a SB+ is basically a wireless SqueezeBox with only the wireless bit in tact, all the other bits have been somewhat upgraded, to say the least :) http://www.at-tunes.co.uk/ -- Deaf Cat Deaf Cat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34969 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC
Ron F.;201084 Wrote: It looks like bugs # 4886 and 4562 are relevant. Also see 4463, where it was confirmed the TP can run out of CPU cycles with certain combinations. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Quality streaming music...
my favorites: radio io acoustic radioparadise kcrwmusic shonanbeach fm -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34718 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Linn Records now doing FLAC
An issue I have run into is having the buffer empty to zero during the song. I downloaded a Claire Martin 24/96 FLAC album which I'm streaming FLAC-FLAC via SS 6.5.1.2 on my Infrant NV (1GB RAM). I thought it might be a WIFI issue so I ran a cat5e cable to it from my gigabit switch and the problem still occurs occaisionally. I will investigate more and post any discoveries. Slightly OT, does anyone know for ecrtain if EAC will rip XRCDs or XRCD24s bit-perfectly? -- Jetlag Jetlag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1012 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34985 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Flac or Apple Lossless?
I hate to spread FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) but I'll do it anyway... ALAC is closed. That means you don't know what they put in there. Is there a switch that allows apple to turn off files so they won't play any more or can't be copied more than x times? Is there something that sends a message to apple every time you play one of those files on your Mac/PC? I recall that a couple years ago itunes switched off or reduced copy capability in people's paid-for libraries without permission (other than that afforded by the purchase contract that said they could modify the terms at their will any time) or prior notice. Were those file ALAC encoded? Proprietary formats suck. TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34953 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] DRM lessons from the Squeezebox
willyhoops, Here is a better article that explains what goes on when recording an album written by someone who was actually signed to a major. http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html Also, for anybody thinking that non-drm'd music will not sell b/c everybody will just trade it with their friends you might want to go check out Allofmp3. I think they are 2nd only to Itunes b/c of the legality of their business model. _JD_ -- jonDough jonDough's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Hardware Ripping - Help an audiogeek newbie
Ok, I downloaded EAC, the FLAC download and Accurate rip. I followed the instructions on the Wiki for configuring EAC, and everything seemed hunkydory. I followed the instructions on 'beginner ripping' and everything seemed to go well. The CD was copied, and it said that it was using an 'external compression program'. Two problems - 1. The CD's are consistently listed as 'unknown' on EAC. Does that mean I'm not correctly connected to the requisite database? 2. When I clicked on the .mp3 icon (for ripping and compression), I ended up with a nice folder of .wav files... so clearly the FLAC compression didn't go. For reference, I cut and pasted the following into the command line options on EAC: -6 -V --replay-gain -T artist=%a -T title=%t -T album=%g -T date=%y -T tracknumber=%n -T genre=%m -T comment=EAC (Secure Mode) %s. I can only assume that's correct, but I wonder about the '--replay-gain. I did manage to use the 'FLAC frontend' to successfully copy the .wav files to .flac files - so the flac program is working. If anyone can help me out, I'm willing to provide you with beer or cartridge-mounting services. Thanks, JBC -- jbc jbc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11473 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35076 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
