bingcrosby;533100 Wrote: > Hey guys, > > I plan to purchase a Touch to avoid going down the PC streamer route. > I will be connecting it to an external hard drive directly via USB. > But I have a few questions about this: > > 1) I have previously read that a directly connected USB drive with > FLAC files does not have the same sound quality as using SBS on a PC > streaming the same file in WAV format? Apparently, this was audible > with $5 headphones. This was a while ago, so could somebody confirm if > this is still the case. Does this effect only over analog outputs, or > digital outputs as well? > > 2) Does the Touch enable gapless playback? If so, do I just get EAC to > rip CDs as normal and the gaps will be in the flac files, or do I need > to create cue sheets? In addition, if I rip an album to a directory, > will the Touch automatically play through the whole album? > > 3) Does the Touch take a long time to scan files on the USB drive? > Often, I might buy a CD, rip it to the USB drive and then reconnect the > drive to the Touch. Will this cause long browsing delays? > > Thanks in advance!!!
1) It SHOULD sound the same. 2), Just rip the files as flacs and it'll play gapless, tag the files correctly, (any good ripper will do this) and you can play albums just fine. 3), Not sure. Don't have mine yet -- craiglester ------------------------------------------------------------------------ craiglester's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9702 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77158 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
