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You lot just need to get out more.
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jmourik;181383 Wrote:
Because for -b it says Valid values are 8 or 16 I assume it doesn't
handle 24 bits.
Asumption is the mother of all f**kups.
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Patrick Dixon;181429 Wrote:
... and if in doubt, always go for the 'professional' version.
Oh, I never realized.. I'll take your advice then! ;-D
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No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me. (Especially not if
you ask me.)
Saw this and thought one of you may be interested. (I should ask the
bloke selling it for commission!)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Slim-Devices-Transporter-High-End-Network-Media-Player_W0QQitemZ280084133280QQihZ018QQcategoryZ81741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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mikeruss;181452 Wrote:
Saw this and thought one of you may be interested. (I should ask the
bloke selling it for commission!)
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P Floding;181460 Wrote:
Starting price is the US new price..
As you may know the UK a very very expensive place to live.
Manufactures call the UK treasure Island The transporter sells for
£1300 here - thats about $2,534
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mikeruss;181462 Wrote:
As you may know the UK a very very expensive place to live. Manufactures
call the UK treasure Island
I know it's expensive, but I didn't know it was called that!
UK consumers need to wise up..
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No, I didn't ABX it. And I won't even if you ask me.
P Floding;181464 Wrote:
I know it's expensive, but I didn't know it was called that!
UK consumers need to wise up..
Tell me about it
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Just how good is WMA lossless? I have 600 or so CDs in this format. I
have looked at other highly reccomended lossless methods. However they
all seem to require that I find other files to add to them. WMA is so
easy. It is there in Media Player 11 and I just rip. Easy, am I being
too lazy?
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have a look at some of the other WMA Lossless threads on here, there are
quite a few.
Does anyone know how accurate WMP is at ripping CDs? If you are really
concerned about being true to the original master, EAC and FLAC are
your best bet. It does take some work, to you it might not be that
Note that EAC can rip to WMA lossless too, that will be as good as FLAC
since lossless is lossless.
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Use http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm very very easy to use and convert
to FLAC - IMO. Once installed install
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-flac.htm
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Robin Bowes;181501 Wrote:
johann wrote:
Note that EAC can rip to WMA lossless too, that will be as good as
FLAC
since lossless is lossless.
except FLAc is played natively and WMA lossless must be
transcoded.
R.
If both WMA and FLAC are losses, shouldn't there be no loss in the
ModelCitizen;181432 Wrote:
You lot just need to get out more.
MC
Can't - too busy downloading the entire 24-bit 88.1Khz Linn catalogue!
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bobschneider;181509 Wrote:
If both WMA and FLAC are losses, shouldn't there be no loss in the
transcoding? If with either one you can reconstruct the original file
bit for bit, why would transcoding change this? It will take more
processor power, but I don't see any other downsides.
jmourik;180892 Wrote:
I just tried this on a 24bit 44.1khz file from Linn Records (Barb Jungr
- Waterloo Sunset, studio master). The wav file doesn't play, but the
flac file encoded from that wav does (on my SB2)! They both show as
24bit in Foobar, flac=1474kbps, wav=2116kbps. They both play
Switzerland seems to be the best buy:
http://www.internet.ch/product_info.php?products_id=241123ad=Toppreise
That's around £850, or $1,700. Not sure I trust them too much, but
it's enough of a saving to cover the import duty...
Adam
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Phil Leigh;181397 Wrote:
LOL
no, but you may wish to consider the variety of supported interfaces,
the capability for future upgrades, height, width depth and noise
floor, options for remote control etc. Balanced operation is generally
desirable, as is good imaging and wide dynamic range.
I run my Transporter balanced into my Anthem AVM 50 pre-amp. While
listening to 2 channel direct, this does bypass the AVM 50 while
feeding an Anthem MCA 50 amp.
I have recently added room treatment and am considering adding a DEQX
2496, and am still attempting to educate myself before I
AFAIK, in the USA prices are quoted not including sales tax.
In the EU, prices include VAT, which in the UK is 17.5%.
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Patrick is correct. The UK price of £1300 includes 17.5% VAT. The ex-tax
price in the US and UK is very similar.
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adrianh1960;181368 Wrote:
I have the Bel Canto DAC 2 which sounds good with my unmodded SB3 until,
that is I compare with my Audio Synthesis CD Transport through same.
With the CD transport while the sound very similar the CD transport is
somehow less coarse in midrange (Piano, Vocals,
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Robin Bowes;181501 Wrote:
johann wrote:
Note that EAC can rip to WMA lossless too, that will be as good as
FLAC
since lossless is lossless.
except FLAc is played natively and WMA lossless must be
transcoded.
R.
And your point being?
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Mark Lanctot;181512 Wrote:
Downsides: no FF/REW. Also more complicated because you're running one
or more other processes, so more to go wrong.
This is a problem for some and not for others though.
For use in other senses than Squeezebox, then WMA might have pros and
FLAC uses and IMO, it
bobschneider;181515 Wrote:
I had the same thing. I transcoded a Linn Records WMA file to WAV using
wmal2wav, and all I got through my SB3 was hiss. That file played fine
on my computer, though.
I then coverted the WAV to FLAC using xACT. I had to change some
settings to let it accept
johann;181436 Wrote:
Assumption is the mother of all f**kups.
Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u
and me :-)
I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is
a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play
it...
jmourik;181547 Wrote:
Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u
and me :-)
I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is
a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play
it...
That works too. :)
I've noticed. I
johann;181546 Wrote:
My first thought was: Good work!
Then I reflected over the 88,2 kHz and I'm not sure wheter you asked a
question for that perticular or not. In case you did, many of the files
over at Linn Records actually are 88,2 kHz so if your song was such a
file, that is just
johann;181552 Wrote:
I expect a new version of wmadec that does this properly.
Well, if Sean Adams is still following this thread, maybe he can tell
us if they're working on it or should we open a bug or enhancement
request. Sean, please?
I'd say with the TP being able to handle 96/24, wmadec
johann wrote:
Robin Bowes;181501 Wrote:
johann wrote:
Note that EAC can rip to WMA lossless too, that will be as good as
FLAC
since lossless is lossless.
except FLAc is played natively and WMA lossless must be
transcoded.
R.
And your point being?
... that your statement WMA
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima.
I'm going to try a track of that album, see how that sounds :-)
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite
DAC-60) in the next couple of days.
Me too, the PS
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked
the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz
file. So it looks like I got this right.
Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to
play on my
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite
DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to
see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC
files.
It probably can - the SB3 passes along digital
Robin Bowes;181560 Wrote:
that your statement WMA lossless ... as good as FLAC does not
tell
the whole story.
In the context of the thread starters original question it does since
he never ever said that he was going to use his ripped music files
solely in a world where only FLAC is
I converted a 88.2 kHz/ 24 bit WMA to WAV and then to FLAC.
The SB3 plays it and shows it to be 88.2 kHz but an external DAC shows
the S/PDIF output as 44.1 kHZ.
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bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked
the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz
file. So it looks like I got this right.
Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to
play on my
Robin Bowes;181582 Wrote:
This is a Slim Devices forum, so it's not unreasonable to assume that we
are talking about usage with Slim device.
It's reasonable to assume the files will be used for other purposes
too, especially over time.
Robin Bowes;181582 Wrote:
Because there's no way to
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This looks like a great deal as well...would love to know how it
compares with the DAC-60
http://www.pacificvalve.us/DIYEDEDNGM2.html
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I like the styling of that one. The Xilink chip is a nice touch as well.
I'm no fan of Delta Sigma DACs, so I won't comment on their BB chip
choice.
It does have a single conventional transformer instead of dual R core
units as in the DAC60.
Also, the analog RCA jacks appear to be of low
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